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
  • The Supreme Court has spoken, and Democrats don't have the votes to codify Roe.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 13 July 2022
  • The intent of the bill was to codify good health care practices and give them the force of law, Mr. Poe said.
    — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Part of my job was just to be able to sort of like codify those and explain them.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • It's codified in the text that governs the state, lawyers and state politicians say.
    — Author: Margaret Newkirk, Erik Larson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • But the Court itself does not codify those laws—that’s the job of the legislative branch.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 May 2022
  • The Act is codified under Chapter 318-B of the state statutes.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • There are not enough votes in the Senate to codify Roe v. Wade into law.
    — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 30 June 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
  • They’re scheduled to meet next week to codify the ticket.
    — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 23 July 2024
  • But amendments must pass twice in the state to be codified, meaning the same issue will be on the ballot again in 2026.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The singer, best known for his work with British post-punk band Bauhaus, helped codify the sound of goth music with his grim moan and melancholy lyrics.
    — Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • On Wednesday, a bill to codify Roe into law failed to pass the Senate.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2022
  • Congress codified it into law in what’s called the Jencks Act.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The mood was one of anger and defiance, three days after the Senate failed to muster enough votes to codify Roe v. Wade.
    — Ashraf Khalil, David Sharp, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
  • And while there are 26 states that may overturn Roe all or in part, there are also states that will codify Roe.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 June 2022
  • Existing rules of the road haven’t been codified in a formal rule.
    — Andrew Ackerman, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Scalzitti has an even longer form than her talks to groups to codify her approach.
    — George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • And so figuring out how to codify that and ensure that all of our kids get that is paramount for me.
    — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
  • When the new rules are codified and take effect, the company would be in position to do more.
    — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2019
  • At first, term limits were a precedent, but they weren't codified.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The bill would not have extended the state of emergency and did not codify her stay at home order.
    — Jack Turman, CBS News, 1 May 2020
  • Congress needs to codify the current rules and expand them.
    — Marie Fishpaw, National Review, 18 Oct. 2020
  • These are absurd things that are now being codified in law.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The answer was codified for us years ago by then-professor Steven Kerr.
    — Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • 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

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