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code

[kohd] / koʊd /
NOUN
secret language system
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NOUN
instructions for a computer
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VERB
to write in computer language or program
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A Burnham-led government should look at cutting the "thicket of regulation" and simplify the "stupendously complex" tax code, Haldane believes.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

A year later, Congress inserted a significant carbon capture subsidy into the tax code — though it didn’t require coal plants to adopt it.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

“The company cracked the code on licensed games years ago,” he wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

They handed him their code: a fat “yield book,” containing hundreds of pages filled with columns of numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Miss Genovese’s smile doesn’t reach her eyes; she seems offended by the notion that her own dress code could be improved upon, or that her operators would be less accomplished than the Hello Girls overseas.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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