1
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
codify these ancient cultures according to their political structures
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as in organized
to put into a particular arrangement
the rules for the game were codified over a hundred years ago
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Recent Examples of codified
This would build on a system of lending to banks that the FDIC successfully used during the 2008 financial crisis, codified into law as part of Dodd-Frank.
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Aaron Klein, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Kansas’ side of the truce was enforced through an executive order while Missouri lawmakers codified it in a state law that expired in August.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
So what’s happened over the past few years is that stablecoins, a particular form of stablecoins, have been codified into banking and payments law in many of the biggest jurisdictions in the world.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
While the category of war crimes was based on existing international conventions, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity had not been previously codified.
—B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
These measures, codified in SB 627 and SB 805, are facing legal challenges from federal entities.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The whole movie is about the ways that cruelty and injustice become codified.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
It was established via the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 and codified by Congress in 2009.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2025
This is because their fate is dictated not by smart growth, but by a redline that codified an old route when Highway 101 gave way to the I-5 originally laid out for open-air roadsters a century ago.
—Harry Bubbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Aaron Klein, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Kansas’ side of the truce was enforced through an executive order while Missouri lawmakers codified it in a state law that expired in August.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
So what’s happened over the past few years is that stablecoins, a particular form of stablecoins, have been codified into banking and payments law in many of the biggest jurisdictions in the world.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
While the category of war crimes was based on existing international conventions, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity had not been previously codified.
—B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
These measures, codified in SB 627 and SB 805, are facing legal challenges from federal entities.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The whole movie is about the ways that cruelty and injustice become codified.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
It was established via the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 and codified by Congress in 2009.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2025
This is because their fate is dictated not by smart growth, but by a redline that codified an old route when Highway 101 gave way to the I-5 originally laid out for open-air roadsters a century ago.
—Harry Bubbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codified
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Perez-Lugones searched systems at his work for classified information without authorization, including a report classified as top secret related to an unspecified foreign country, according to the affidavit.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2026
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His June visit to South Carolina — a key state in presidential primaries — does not appear in the records because it was classified as campaign travel.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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It was organized by the New York Immigration Coalition.—
Ali Bauman,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Her brother shaved his head alongside her, while friends organized care packages, drove her to sessions and offered constant encouragement.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The district has four teams ranked among the top 10 in the Dallas area, despite the standouts being spread among 12 high schools.—
Greg Riddle,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Oklahoma recently ranked sixth in the nation for food insecurity.—
Maddy Keyes,
The Frontier,
15 Jan. 2026
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The goal is to move all the disks to the last pole with them arranged in the same order—but each disk may only be placed on a larger disk, never on a smaller one.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2026
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The following month, Acebedo-Garcia arranged the details for the first shipment — 293 kilos.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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This look wasn’t relegated to the Jesus Movement scene.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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By the end of last season, Kotkaniemi was often relegated to fourth-line duty, even moving to the wing as Carolina made room for Mark Jankowski.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Questions about education funding Amid the state’s revenue shortfall, Little in August ordered state agencies other than public schools to cut spending by 3%.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cashier Sandra Cornejo said the suspect ordered Oreo ice cream before pulling out a knife and demanding money.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Their work laid the foundations for today’s nuclear propulsion concepts and led to several ideas for INRs, which can be grouped into two categories.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Instead, designers are favoring a few consistent shapes, aligned and grouped just so.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Reset offers three tiers of rooms, distinguished by their outdoor layouts (all patios feature a firepit, but only some have the outdoor tub), bed size (queen or king), and view (mountain view versus interior-facing).—
Kristine Thomason,
Outside,
11 Jan. 2026
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Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.—
Alina Edwards,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Codified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codified. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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