codifies

present tense third-person singular of codify

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Recent Examples of codifies Missouri is one of only four states that codifies the auditor’s core responsibilities in the state constitution. Jack Harvel july 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Regulatory clarity is valuable, but clarity that codifies loopholes will not create durable market confidence, and will simply relocate risk. Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Another bill legally codifies Illinois’ existing policy allowing residents to update or select their gender marker on state IDs and driver’s licenses. Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 Buddha offers an egalitarian path to enlightenment; Confucius codifies a religion of learning; Augustine infuses Christianity with Plato and Aristotle; Martin Luther shifts spirituality inward; Duns Scotus separates belief from knowledge; William of Ockham cultivates equality under the law. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Sponsors of the legislation say that this bill essentially codifies existing rulings by the Public Employment Relations Board, which has previously issued decisions that employers infringed on union and employee rights by attempting to learn the content of their discussions. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026 The legislation codifies an executive order Reynolds issued last year. Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026 The reform, which formally codifies the policy into federal regulations, follows Duffy’s emergency action last September to end the issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to truckers with unverified driving histories. Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026 The Senate bill codifies these eligibility standards for applicants, but elaborates further on what the state will report to the federal government on non-citizens. Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codifies
Verb
  • Single-Member LLCs When an LLC has one member, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) classifies the business as a disregarded entity.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The research classifies only a portion of the domains as campaign-style addresses.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Sanchez plays Tere, a cello musician-composer in whose apartment Rosa (played by Rosa Estela Juárez Vargas), a contemporary music composer, arranges her first television interview.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For those who want the Riviera beyond the shoreline, the hotel arranges bespoke experiences.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • What distinguishes Elix in the crowded wellness landscape is its insistence on both heritage and evidence.
    Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This absence distinguishes Silescelida acristata from nearly all of its close relatives.
    The Conversation, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The move relegates longtime Renegades starter Luis Perez to the bench.
    José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Yet by selectivity, Ozarks ranks as the tenth most selective baccalaureate college in the country — outpacing schools with far larger endowments and far louder name recognition.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Postpartum psychosis Postpartum psychosis ranks as one of the rarest and most severe mental health disorders associated with childbirth.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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