as in laws
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 codes
Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
Across subreddits, cohorts on X, Discord servers, Facebook groups, and even LinkedIn pages, Lopez tracked chatbot enthusiasts sharing codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with AI, and presenting the material as profound glimpses into a shifting reality.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
While cities are racing to amend city codes in the name of protection, BikeWalkKC doesn’t believe these sudden regulation changes are the proper solution.
—Pj Green
november 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
And because everything important in our world is run by computers — banks, water distribution, nuclear launch codes — there could be global chaos if the software malfunctioned.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
An Amazon spokesperson said that the warehouse was built in compliance with all building codes.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Batch codes are printed on the product packaging.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
With a sense of duty — common among Indigenous Americans, who have historically served in the military at a per capita rate higher than any other ethnic group — the men used their language to exchange codes in Tlingit while having no idea what military intelligence was doing with the information.
—Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
The most successful acquisitions are the ones where the buyer commits to heritage and maintaining the values, the identity and the codes of the brand, while evolving them and growing the brand.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
Across subreddits, cohorts on X, Discord servers, Facebook groups, and even LinkedIn pages, Lopez tracked chatbot enthusiasts sharing codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with AI, and presenting the material as profound glimpses into a shifting reality.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
While cities are racing to amend city codes in the name of protection, BikeWalkKC doesn’t believe these sudden regulation changes are the proper solution.
—Pj Green
november 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
And because everything important in our world is run by computers — banks, water distribution, nuclear launch codes — there could be global chaos if the software malfunctioned.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
An Amazon spokesperson said that the warehouse was built in compliance with all building codes.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Batch codes are printed on the product packaging.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
With a sense of duty — common among Indigenous Americans, who have historically served in the military at a per capita rate higher than any other ethnic group — the men used their language to exchange codes in Tlingit while having no idea what military intelligence was doing with the information.
—Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codes
Noun
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The cemetery of good but dead laws is infinite; the main thing is that social forces exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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On the one hand, consumer protection laws are a hallmark of the region.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That’s true enough — but constitutions can be changed.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Many had helped create state constitutions that included pioneering bills of rights.—
Donald Nieman,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Codes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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