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a collection or system of rules of conduct
Hammurabi was an ancient king of Babylon with a famous code of laws the tax code
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Recent Examples of code
Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 8 May 2025
The company will also try to reclassify some of the components under different tariff codes to avoid the 125% duty.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 May 2025
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Acutis used his coding skills to spread the faith online and died at 15 years old from cancer.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Register today and use coupon code EARLYBIRD for an introductory discount of 30% off $67 (+taxes and fees) through May 13, 2025.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 8 May 2025
The company will also try to reclassify some of the components under different tariff codes to avoid the 125% duty.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 May 2025
Verb
Ryan Coogler’s new horror-thriller Sinners has become both a box office juggernaut and the center of a heated media debate, after several outlets came under fire for what many social media users described as biased and coded coverage of the film’s success.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Acutis used his coding skills to spread the faith online and died at 15 years old from cancer.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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The Mahsa movement brought changes within society, but in Iran’s official cinema, which operates under the supervision of the government, censorship laws remain firmly in place.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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New laws in five states Others have followed Trump and Kennedy's lead.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Supporters are appealing a 2024 ruling from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, which held that a religious charter school violated state law, as well as the Oklahoma and federal constitutions.—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
1 May 2025
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Due to the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. constitution, this is the second—and final—term that Trump can serve.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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The researchers knew that spatial navigation and episodic memories are encoded in the temporal lobe, specifically in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC).—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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But now and then, we are reminded of the true potential encoded in our digital platforms.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2025
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On Friday, state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, decried the notion of another police department moving to encrypt its radio traffic.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Once a device is compromised, hostile regimes and other malicious actors can spy on communications regardless of whether the information in question is encrypted.—
Ronald J. Deibert,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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