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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
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Currently, undocumented immigrants can register with the IRS and pay taxes — and the agency is required to keep their private information confidential, except in very specific circumstances specified in the tax code.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Google says these more thorough responses, powered by its newer Gemini 2.0 model, should be better equipped to answer more complex, multifaceted questions as well as queries related to coding and advanced math.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Follow our guide to use the best Caesars Sportsbook promo code in your state.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Currently, undocumented immigrants can register with the IRS and pay taxes — and the agency is required to keep their private information confidential, except in very specific circumstances specified in the tax code.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
Excepting Britt Lower’s Helena, who is coded as a child, the offspring of Jame Eagan, the outies have exhausted their arcs.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Google says these more thorough responses, powered by its newer Gemini 2.0 model, should be better equipped to answer more complex, multifaceted questions as well as queries related to coding and advanced math.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
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This decision follows the university’s denial of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made two years ago by Michael LeRoy, a U of I law professor who studies college sports.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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However, her response states that because legislative bodies are not responsible for enforcing laws, she is blocked from speaking to lawmakers.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Florida’s 1885 constitution required voter approval for all constitutional amendments beginning in 1886.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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The critical role of public health agencies The CDC opened in 1946 as a small organization based in Atlanta, aimed at fighting malaria in the U.S. Two years later, representatives from 53 countries ratified the constitution of the WHO.—
Katherine A. Foss,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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This new round of data is for a vaccine that delivers strands of mRNA — the same material used in the COVID vaccines — encoding the recipes for a long list of proteins specific to a patient’s tumor.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2025
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The equation no longer corresponds to a Turing machine that computes perfect squares—and, more generally, the Diophantine equations can no longer encode the halting problem.—
Joseph Howlett,
WIRED,
9 Mar. 2025
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Other functions include compressing PDF files to reduce file size, encrypting documents with password protection, and adding or removing watermarks.—
StackCommerce Team (Sponsored),
PCMAG,
21 Mar. 2025
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The new script is, wait for it, encrypted using what is known as a shifting substitution cipher rather than being in plain text.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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