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Recent Examples of codification
At the same time, both agencies are clearly aware that statutory language from Congress is the only thing that can’t be easily undone, which is also why Chair Atkins has emphasized his support for the codification of a crypto market structure framework.
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Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Perfidy was mentioned in the 1863 Lieber Code, which laid out rules of conduct for the Union Army during the American Civil War and is known today as the first modern codification of the laws of armed conflict.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
No one offers a better example of how to make that case than Frederick Douglass, the fugitive slave, abolitionist, and eventual statesman involved in the codification of birthright citizenship in 1868.
—Time, 12 Nov. 2025
Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Perfidy was mentioned in the 1863 Lieber Code, which laid out rules of conduct for the Union Army during the American Civil War and is known today as the first modern codification of the laws of armed conflict.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
No one offers a better example of how to make that case than Frederick Douglass, the fugitive slave, abolitionist, and eventual statesman involved in the codification of birthright citizenship in 1868.
—Time, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codification
Noun
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Montague, an artist, began photographing the wayward carts and eventually developed a complex classification system that sorted his sightings into more than 30 different categories.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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The 'high' classification indicates a failure would likely result in human fatalities downstream.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This book defies categorization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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The result were movies that felt all-encompassing while eluding easy categorization.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This is the cataloging and objectification of women's most private details.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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It’s also been driven sparingly over that time, with the odometer showing 18,872 miles at the time of cataloging.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Raise the minimum wage rate to at least $15/hour and tie this raise to yearly adjustments based upon inflation indexing.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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From a consumer point of view, Asian shoppers are over-indexing with indie brands; Black and Hispanic shoppers engage with them at a relatively similar rate, and white shoppers drive the lowest share of sales in the category.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And a 2020 study nearly one in five people hospitalized in the United States between 2005 and 2014 for cyclical vomiting syndrome, a broader diagnosis that includes cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, reported using cannabis at the time.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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Waiting lists for disease diagnosis and nonurgent surgeries are becoming unmanageable, emergency rooms are overwhelmed, and staff is exhausted, Guedes warns.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated February 19,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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As the investigation into Guthrie's abduction widens its scope, authorities have now increased the reward for public tips on the case to $102,500.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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When asked if other people at the coalition or the county are suspected of further wrongdoing, Stephan said only that the investigation is ongoing.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The second focuses on inclusion with companies committing to strengthening testing and evaluation of AI systems across underrepresented languages and cultural contexts, especially in the Global South, so that frontier AI models become more reliable and accessible beyond English‑speaking markets.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Will Aponte be taking the lead in that conversation, with Schoen handling only the football evaluation?—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Upon inspection, the train continued onward, undamaged, sources said.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The inspector general’s office told Politico that roughly 85 percent of audits, evaluations and inspections that are currently in progress will be suspended due to the shutdown.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Codification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codification. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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