code words

plural of code word

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analogies
Noun
  • Max’s wide range of uses has prompted analogies to China’s WeChat.
    Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
  • When the United States joined NATO in 1949, American policymakers pointed to the Rio Pact as a precedent and drew analogies between the alliance’s founding document, the North Atlantic Treaty, and the Monroe Doctrine.
    JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Code words.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code%20words. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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