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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
Samuel Clanton, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Altman’s is a plainly asinine claim; a bunch of code running in a data center is not the same as a brain.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
For an Emilia Perez screening in New York City on December 3, the actor wore a rather Wednesday Addams coded black-and-white fit, if Wednesday Addams was going through a jazzy period with her wardrobe.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
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Bella Vista Planning and Development Department staff recently drafted an ordinance amending city code to require the permits for repairs and installations at the request of City Council member Larry Wilms.
—Samuel Clanton, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Altman’s is a plainly asinine claim; a bunch of code running in a data center is not the same as a brain.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
The color that symbolizes passion, richness, ambition, and sophistication is an apt choice to pair with a variety of colors — neutrals, neons and pastels, too — however, nothing is quite as striking as a head-to-toe cherry coded concoction.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
For an Emilia Perez screening in New York City on December 3, the actor wore a rather Wednesday Addams coded black-and-white fit, if Wednesday Addams was going through a jazzy period with her wardrobe.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
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To get money from the 2021 law, states and agencies must submit plans to an office run jointly by the Energy and Transportation departments.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
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The State Department’s decision to update the J-1 Exchange Visitors Skills List may prevent many researchers from being pushed out of the United States due to immigration law.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The transportation tax extension does not amend the constitution.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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His martial law declaration was originally invalid and a grave violation of the constitution.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Data can be encoded in both the frequency and depth of these spectral holes.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Scientists Greg Barsh from Stanford University and Hiroyuki Sasaki from Japan’s Kyushu University and their teams studied feline genomes to pinpoint which protein encoded by a cat’s genes brought out the orange hue.Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Importantly, this includes your phone dialer and messenger, the very two apps the FBI and CISA have pointed out should be encrypted if at all possible.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Messages sent between two Apple gadgets are encrypted, as are messages sent between users of Google Messages.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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