1
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
codify these ancient cultures according to their political structures
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2
as in organized
to put into a particular arrangement
the rules for the game were codified over a hundred years ago
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Recent Examples of codified
Work-permit levels for TPS were set in 1990 and the complex method for determining whether someone qualifies for asylum was codified in 1996.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
If the tax changes are not codified by ordinance, they could theoretically be reversed swiftly by the next county executive after LeVota’s exit on January 1, 2027.
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Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Congress later codified the same language in federal citizenship law in 1940.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Congress codified that language in federal immigration law, first in 1940 through the Nationality Act, and again in 1952 in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
In addition, Congress subsequently codified that legal understanding.
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Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
30 June 2026
It’s actually codified in the federal regulations as Title 31, Subtitle A, Part 10.
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Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Origins of Mabam Israel codified the Mabam strategy in a 2015 Israeli Defense Forces document.
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Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
The concept was codified by the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea, which took effect in 1994.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
If the tax changes are not codified by ordinance, they could theoretically be reversed swiftly by the next county executive after LeVota’s exit on January 1, 2027.
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Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Congress later codified the same language in federal citizenship law in 1940.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Congress codified that language in federal immigration law, first in 1940 through the Nationality Act, and again in 1952 in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
In addition, Congress subsequently codified that legal understanding.
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Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
30 June 2026
It’s actually codified in the federal regulations as Title 31, Subtitle A, Part 10.
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Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Origins of Mabam Israel codified the Mabam strategy in a 2015 Israeli Defense Forces document.
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Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
The concept was codified by the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea, which took effect in 1994.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codified
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Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
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Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
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Volunteers organized the supplies — toothbrushes, baby wipes, instant soup and many other items — and loaded them into boxes, drawing hearts on the outside with magic marker.
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Pastor Jeremy Tuck of Connection Point Church organized a free gas giveaway Sunday in Forest Park, handing out $20 gas cards to the first 250 drivers at a local RaceTrac station.
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
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The Live Nation website arranged on a laptop in New York, US, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
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As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
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They are relegated to atmosphere, anecdote, trace, background hum.
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By the next year, the Challenge Cup had become a preseason tournament, already relegated to a competition without a clear purpose within the NWSL hierarchy.
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He was also ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution and $25,000 to the city.
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At a hearing on June 24 observed by The Times, 14 immigrants didn’t make their appointment, and were ordered removable by the end of the day.
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In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
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The same pattern shows up in founders rarely grouped together.
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In addition, the Commission distinguished between the purposes of its various publications.
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These spots can often be distinguished by the greener grass along the marginal areas, Spanenberg says.
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“Codified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codified. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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