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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
John Kell, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
That has alarming implications for human occupations as diverse as coding and customer service, trading and sales.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Kristian Brost, the general manager of Robin Radar's US branch, stressed the speed that code-only upgrades to military gear can provide.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
What that means for his work as CIO is finding ways to improve worker productivity, including giving developers more access to AI coding tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub Copilot.
—John Kell, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
That has alarming implications for human occupations as diverse as coding and customer service, trading and sales.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Schools that don’t already have an honor code can develop one.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Kristian Brost, the general manager of Robin Radar's US branch, stressed the speed that code-only upgrades to military gear can provide.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
Noun
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Raise the stakes for farmers There have been calls not just to hold farmers more accountable for H-2A violations, but also to reward the ones who comply with labor laws.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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As lieutenant governor, Duncan backed policies expanding healthcare in rural communities and helped pass the state’s first hate crimes law.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).—
STEPHEN NASH,
New York Times,
25 July 2017
Noun
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This is part of our constitution.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 74-year-old had called the vote under article 49 of the French constitution to pressure lawmakers to back his proposal to slash €44 billion ($52 billion) from the 2026 budget in a bid to reduce the country’s fiscal deficit.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These tiny changes in distance encode a tremendous amount of information about their source.—
Chad Hanna,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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This broader engagement helps students encode information more effectively.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, selection of data to encrypt must be done carefully, lest this method be subverted by AI or fall short of regulatory requirements.—
Srinivas Shekar,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Secure your internet traffic by enabling a VPN to encrypt your data in transit.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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