CODIFYING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Following the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of federal agents in Minnesota earlier this year, Democrats sought to block additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol—at least not without codifying reforms to immigration enforcement. —

Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 June 2026 So this was codifying the idea that the federal government would never pay any claims of Confederate debt in the future. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 Abarca said that besides just codifying some of these issues, the ordinance shows the Legislature is listening to inmates and their families, particularly those who are in pre-trial detention who have not been convicted of a crime. —

Ben Wheeler june 4, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026 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

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After all, despite the Packers classifying the left tackle competition as open this offseason, general manager Brian Gutekunst implied another player would have to do something significant this summer to unseat Walker in the starting lineup.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
At Thursday’s hearing, neither SpaceX nor US Space Force representatives showed up, likely because the military sidestepped the commission by classifying the Falcon 9 launches as a federal activity.

— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025