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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
Claire Harmeyer, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
In January, the parliament adopted a new contentious electoral code allowing military personnel to run in elections.
—CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
William Earl, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
The most realistic near-term application of generative AI technology remains as coding assistants and perhaps rapid prototyping tools for developers, rather than a drop-in replacement for traditional game development pipelines.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This code expires on Sunday, April 13 at 11:59 p.m.
—Claire Harmeyer, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
In January, the parliament adopted a new contentious electoral code allowing military personnel to run in elections.
—CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
With a cast of talented young actors, Corrigan uses the computer screen as a way to dive into the emotional tapestry of the players, as well as clearly detail their clever plan of how to break into online accounts, which involves just as much social psychology as coding.
—William Earl, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
The most realistic near-term application of generative AI technology remains as coding assistants and perhaps rapid prototyping tools for developers, rather than a drop-in replacement for traditional game development pipelines.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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The state's Senate approved the proposal, which is modeled after Arizona’s law, on April 1.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Prosecution: Autism doesn’t prevent death penalty in any state Arguments that other states, such as Ohio and Kentucky, expanded their laws to bar people with serious mental illness from facing the death penalty don’t apply, Hippler said.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Certainly the extraordinary performance of the U.S. economy since ratification of the constitution makes a strong argument for this structure of government.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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He’s even expressed willingness to reform Ecuador’s constitution — potentially allowing for the formal return of a US military presence, like the one that existed from 1999 to 2009 at the now-defunct Manta Air Base.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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Spend 10-15 seconds savoring each of the positive aspects of the experience so it can be encoded into your nervous system.—
Katy Bowman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2025
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Only in such a number could Moore encode the data of an infinitely long Turing tape.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Instead of relying on centralized databases, the company encrypts data to each individual user — even after it’s uploaded.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
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One early Zcash transaction became something of a legend within the blockchain community: in the memo field, the sender had encrypted a romantic message.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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