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codifying

verb

present participle of codify
1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type codify these ancient cultures according to their political structures

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2
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 If a judge is instead presented with whether the constitution allows — or bans — transgender rights or transgender participation in sports, powerful rulings could emerge either codifying or denying them. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Kenneth Stern, who drafted the IHRA definition of antisemitism, has opposed codifying the definition in hate speech laws. — Jack Harvel august 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Regulators in Europe and elsewhere have started codifying this concern through operational resilience requirements that effectively cap how much critical infrastructure can depend on any single provider or geographic region. — Jolie Kahn, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 This is not dissimilar from policies used by other law enforcement agencies, which also typically stop short of codifying disciplinary steps, Schneider says. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 If Sifnos is famous for codifying Cycladic cuisine, with iconic dishes like revithada and mastelo, Tinos is often celebrated for the sheer quality and diversity of its ingredients. — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026 David Weglarz, owner of StilL 630 Distillery, was the president of the Missouri Craft Distillers Guild when Bill 266 was approved by the government, officially codifying Missouri Bourbon. — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 21 July 2026 Congress is considering codifying a similar provision into law. — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 22 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codifying
  1. classifying
  2. organizing
  3. ranking
  4. arranging
  5. distinguishing
  6. ordering
  7. relegating
  8. grouping
Verb
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The previous way of classifying heart attacks didn’t have enough nuance.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of classifying
Verb
  • Comparing unauthorized immigration to an invasion has become increasingly common among politicians including Nigel Farage of Reform UK, and far-right groups that have been active in organizing and attending anti-immigrant protests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of organizing
Verb
  • The 20-year-old Celebrini is coming off one of the best seasons ever for a player so young, ranking fourth in the league in scoring, starring in the Olympics and then signing a five-year, $94 million extension this summer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy serves as the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, which oversees funding for ICE.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranking
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  • The case turned into a years-long legal saga, with multiple people convicted of their roles in arranging the hit, including Wendi’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and her mother, Donna.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior aides to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranging
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  • According to Mason Huddleston, an urban agriculturalist at Oklahoma State University Extension, one of the plant’s most distinguishing features is its smooth, hollow stem, marked with purple or reddish-purple spots.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Another study found that almost half the country has difficulty distinguishing American Jews from the Israeli government.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of distinguishing
Verb
  • Trailed uselessly by Charlie, who is next seen ordering the police chief about.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Leo also scrapped Francis’ plan to move parts of the Vatican’s secret archives and library off-site, ordering a new building inside the city-state to safeguard its trove of manuscripts.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ordering
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  • The ballot measure requires a motorist’s driving record, years behind the wheel and annual miles driven to be the primary factors in setting rates, relegating residency to a relatively minor role — which advocates said is only a matter of fairness.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • With Belton’s regression and weaknesses in pass protection relegating him to the backup right tackle, the starting right guard spot seems to be a competition between Jacob Monk (currently leading) and Burton.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of relegating
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  • But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of grouping

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“Codifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codifying. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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