as in law
a collection or system of rules of conduct
Hammurabi was an ancient king of Babylon with a famous code of laws the tax code
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Recent Examples of code
Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
None of them have hours to study how to code or search for plugins.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The display also has posted QR codes that direct to the website.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Regulatory sequences are segments of DNA that don’t code for genes but do control gene expression.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
None of them have hours to study how to code or search for plugins.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
Additionally, Miami-Dade Property Appraiser records, included in Hialeah Building and Code Compliance Department files related to Garcia-Roves’s fine for city code violations, show two roof extensions.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The display also has posted QR codes that direct to the website.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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The restoration aligns with federal responsibilities under historic-preservation law and recent executive orders to beautify the nation's capital and restore pre-existing statues.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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All enclosures are at least eight times larger than what is required by federal law and evaluated annually by federal and state veterinarians, the Fechters said.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).—
STEPHEN NASH,
New York Times,
25 July 2017
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Odinga, who served prison time for his steadfast support for democracy and political reform, played a critical role in replacing a colonial-era charter with the country’s current constitution, which imposes clearer limits on presidential power.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Wisconsin is one of 39 states allowing some form of sports betting, but under its constitution, only on tribal lands.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Researchers expect many more to be discovered in the process of identifying, in effect, each of the billions of eukaryotic genes on Earth, many of which encode a protein of some kind.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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These models encode representational maps.—
Eric Markowitz,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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Fake VPNs are a growing problem VPNs are widely promoted as privacy tools that hide your IP address and encrypt internet traffic.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The team has since released their method on GitHub to push more satellite owners to encrypt their data.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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