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Recent Examples of codify In spite of these lessons, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is making moves to codify impact assessment procedures into its formal guidance documents. James Broughel, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Coastal building setbacks are sensible policy measures that, in some states, codify protective buffers from rising seas. Emma Haydocy, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 Handling those changes administratively dropped the cost of legislation that was reintroduced this summer to zero, since it was seen largely as a way to codify the Biden rule. Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024 On the subject of hugging, especially the man-on-man hug: Would someone please codify the rules for us guys? Louis J. Esterhazy, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for codify 
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  • The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the offensive on Damascus that forced Assad to flee, is classified as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and other nations.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Some portions of the state are classified as being in an extreme drought.
    Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • After all, who had ever heard of hiring someone to organize your files?
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This relationship was cemented by an economy rooted in the industrial production of goods in cities, as well as the passage of the Wagner Act in 1935 — which gave industrial workers the right to organize.
    Stephanie Ternullo / Made by History, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • His offensive contributions included leading the Big 12 with 92 receptions and 14 touchdowns and ranked third with 1,152 receiving yards.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Green Bay has two defense backs out for this game with injuries, and the Packers defense ranks No. 29 in the league in receiving success rate to opposing running backs.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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  • The exhibition also gives visitors a chance to arrange their own bento box with the replica treats.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base's command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • Israel's subsequent bombardment and ground invasion have killed over 45,000 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians in its count.
    WAFAA SHURAFA AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Abbey Road is also back on the Top Album Sales chart, which doesn’t distinguish between purchase platform or format, but rather paints a complete picture of the bestselling musical releases in the U.S.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Justice Julian Goose ordered a clerk to enter the pleas in Liverpool Crown Court as Rudakubana stayed mum during a video appearance from the London prison where he is being held.
    Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Five Frisch's Big Boy restaurants, including the iconic Mainliner restaurant in Fairfax, have been ordered to vacate their locations in the latest round of evictions against the storied restaurant chain.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • This culinary style, so deeply rooted in the history of our city, had been relegated to a kind of purgatory.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Elle Fanning is Sylvie Russo, a muse who politically activates Dylan at a key moment; the moniker may be different, but a Suze (Rotolo) by any other name smells just as sweet, and Fanning fleshes out a woman who’s too often been relegated to a footnote in Bob’s saga.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Codify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codify. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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