Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for code words
Noun
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Here was a program that could translate as well as an expert, make analogies, extemporize, generalize.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Max’s wide range of uses has prompted analogies to China’s WeChat.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a year of cancellations and euphemisms, the city mounted a counterprogram that was quietly insurrectionary, stubbornly joyous.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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And even ages 8 to 10 should be OK, depending on your thoughts about PG romantic intimacy and use of clever euphemisms.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Code words.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code%20words. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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