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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 memo signed by Rubio also makes the case that another person, whose name is redacted, should be deportable under the same law.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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This relic of constitutional law, which the Supreme Court hasn’t taken seriously since its quiet death in the New Deal era, is more mythical than historical—holding, more or less, that Congress cannot delegate its lawmaking power to another branch of government.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.—
Jenna Russell,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Facing a major test, South Korea has upheld the constitution and rule of law, but the crisis has also highlighted the relative immaturity of its democratic system, legal experts say.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
4 Apr. 2025
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Our proof-of-concept tool encodes the state-specific prior-authorization rules of four large insurers into a surprisingly simple digital contract.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Or are they encoded accounts of things that happened on some other, less palpable level, but were no less real for that?—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
1 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 25 Apr. 2025.
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