How to Use codify in a Sentence

codify

verb

• The convention codified the rules of war.
• The author tries to codify important ideas about language.
• The House plans to vote on a bill to codify the program.
  — Mark Maremont, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022
• Toma said the Legislature had used the 30-minute-per-bill rule for the past two years already, and the new rules codify that.
  — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
• Democrats urged voters to elect more Democrats to the senate in order to codify Roe into law.
  — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2022
• And this was two decades after the 40-hour workweek was codified into law.
  — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• These are absurd things that are now being codified in law.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• While the existence of writers room is not codified in the MBA, neither is the existence of a showrunner.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2023
• The bill also codifies some of the industry standards for the handling of firearms, which had been voluntary.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 June 2023
• Congress needs to codify a woman’s right to choose her own destiny.
  — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• Hue royal cuisine, in other words, has not been codified in cookbooks in the same way French cooking has.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• That was the 1920s, when antisemitism became more entrenched and codified here.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• In the three decades after the loophole was codified, annual growth was 2.1 percent.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• Research skills, the ability to codify, and writing skills are part and parcel of their training.
  — Christian Stadler, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• Proponents of codifying such a right saw Nevada as a test case.
  — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 19 June 2023
• Because in the 1980s that art form is also codifying its language around this imagery.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
• But the high court updated its rules in 2013 to codify the practice that only lawyers can present arguments.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
• Paschal said in a recent interview that the bill would codify Alabama Supreme Court rulings on parental rights.
  — Jemma Stephenson Alabama Reflector, al, 14 Feb. 2023
• The abuse was systematic, and even codified in writing.
  — Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
• Your right to correct inaccurate info is codified in all of these states as well, except for Utah.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
• Other top words from MW this year were oligarch, omicron, codify and queen consort.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• Democrats in the Statehouse have filed bills to codify the change and Republican leaders have signaled support.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
• There is great value in a labor force firmly demanding its terms be codified in a contract.
  — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
• Still no equal right amendment codifying equal rights for women.
  — Lynn Dewoskin Covarrubias, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
• Congress must restore the right the Supreme Court took away last year and codify Roe v. Wade to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose.
  — Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
• In July, House Democrats passed a bill to codify the federal right to contraception.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
• Democrats will likely not have enough votes to codify Roe v. Wade, reform immigration laws or pass assault weapons bans.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
• The union still needs to productively negotiate with the hospital to gain any wins codified in a contract.
  — Leila Haghighat, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2023
• In his book, Harris attempts to codify chutzpah, parse it, structure it so it can be used by entrepreneurs and C-suite executives.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• Paschal said the bill would not change any existing legislation, but would codify previous case law that notes the importance of a parent’s role in a child’s life.
  — Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024