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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code-name
nickname
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In addition, there is the servant Smerdyakov, presumed to be the illegitimate child of Fyodor and the intellectually disabled Lizaveta, nicknamed Stinking Lizaveta.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025 -
In Florida, which has more departments with 287(g) agreements than any other state, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent $245 million to set up a temporary detention center nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz.—
Rafael Carranza,
ProPublica,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Code-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code-name. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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