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codifying

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present participle of codify

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type codify these ancient cultures according to their political structures

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as in organizing

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 codifying The bill looks to protect the NCAA from antitrust litigation, while also codifying rules around the transfer portal, NIL payments through third parties and also an option for all conferences to pool their media rights. —

Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026 For 2 years after its initial rollout, Google updated the Panda algorithm on a month-by-month basis in an attempt to address the problematic issue of codifying a site’s quality. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026 Palau has gone furthest in codifying it. —

Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 This includes re-enshrining, codifying and strengthening our inalienable rights in the United States and abolishing ICE to ensure immigration and the struggle of migrants is treated as a civilian one, requiring support instead of brutality and criminalization. —

Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 The document, a person familiar with discussions about the new rules said, is aimed at further codifying rules that limit temporary construction on the Promenade to official partners of the World Economic Forum — primarily large global companies that pay up to seven figures for the relationship. —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 7 May 2026 North Korea has revised its constitution to define its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to reunification, according to a draft of the text reviewed by Reuters, codifying leader Kim Jong Un’s push to treat the two Koreas as separate states. —

Reuters, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0. —

Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 Farm-state Republicans, to advance the farm bill from committee, secured a bill codifying year-round E15 ethanol fuel sales tied to the measure — but putting out a fire there started another one with fossil fuel-state Republicans unhappy with that provision. —

Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 May 2026

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The team began sorting through possible origins for this high-energy neutrino particle by acting like cosmic forensic detectives, classifying the detection of the particle as a crime scene and hunting for potential clues that point toward a culprit.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 May 2026
Researchers debuted an inventory for classifying apocalyptic belief, comprising anthropogenic causality, theogenic causality, imminence, personal control, and the question of whether the end is a good or bad thing.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026