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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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"Objects like this are very rare, so I immediately started checking whether I or the code had done something wrong."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Lawmakers focused on cleaning out the flaws and favoritism in the tax code, and on giving the Social Security program a new lease on life with responsible benefit and tax changes.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

“A piece of malicious cyber code can have the same disruptive effect as an explosive device.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

He said he has worked with the CAP to ensure the code would not stop members explaining how they comply with regulations.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Dilly’s leaning over one of the code breaker’s shoulders, reading with intense focus.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

ET, the team’s X account posted an image of a plane with two airport codes and one word: “LANDED.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

City Council Speaker Julie Menin told reporters she wanted to strengthen New York's building codes and regulations after the collapse.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Sinfield was knighted last month for his services to both codes of rugby and for raising money and awareness about motor neurone disease.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Skeptics, including Lewis, say there is already enough demand for new housing and that additional changes, such as to building codes or zoning, are needed to make it easier and less expensive to build.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

It was the codes, the daily codes, freshly written and there for me to memorize.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The wait times are color coded as follows:

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Fire is usually coded as aggression, danger and toughness.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

As Thaler and Johnson wrote: “Until the winnings are completely depleted, losses are coded as reductions in a gain, as if losing some of ‘their money’ doesn’t hurt as much as losing one’s own cash.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

If this had been coded correctly, a "timelier" ambulance response would "likely" have been sent.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Third, there must be ways of establishing priority—Tartaglia’s coded poem is a device to demonstrate that he already has the solution even though he is keeping it secret.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He predicted that fields such as scientific research would be "much larger than coding, in the same way that coding was much larger than chatbots."

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

The savings will be achieved by “unifying our enterprise tech stack, streaming ecosystem and broadcast architecture, merging parallel technology functions, leveraging AI coding tools and integrating platforms and systems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

He had recently left his job at Microsoft and created it to show off his coding skills to potential clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Koenig also expects Datadog to benefit from an expansion of its AI-focused customer base and from a coding boom driven by agentic AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

When it’s us, he’s regular, just a black guy who loves to geek out and experiment with making apps and learning coding.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson


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