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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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These adjustments have been part of the tax code for decades, protecting households from stumbling too easily into higher tax rates.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Based on the evidence available and the balance of probabilities, Channel 4 and CPL's welfare protocols were compliant with Ofcom's broadcasting code.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

“What should a building code for AI safety—or SI safety—look like?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Without nucleobases, the genetic code that allows organisms to grow, reproduce and evolve would not exist.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

I wish I could just turn to her and say, “Look, Lizzie, I’m a cryptanalyst. A code breaker. It’s all very hush-hush.”

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

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

Others were scanning QR codes and filling out forms.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The British Museum said it is not financially feasible to set up an online platform for residents and it may exclude people, as well as the codes being vulnerable to be shared further.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

In March 2025, NorthPoint asked city staff to confirm that data centers fit into existing development codes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

In France, however, William had wrestled with even more difficult codes.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The wait times are color coded as follows:

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Most ski slopes are coded for difficulty—with the green circle as the easy, the blue square as intermediate and the black diamond as advanced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

It also prohibits the use of “sell by” dates on food packaging, but it does allow coded “sell by” dates that retain stock rotation information for retailers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

She glanced at the coded portion of the letter they hadn’t translated yet, the part that required finding a different key to break the code.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Other enterprises are using the model for coding, Petit added, to reduce the costs of coding agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

They had been working towards the same goal, and kept their drafts in OpenAI's coding tool, Codex.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The new model, Gemini 4 Argon, improved Google’s performance in software coding, an area where Google had fallen behind competitors OpenAI and Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

This type of molecule is thought to be the oldest and most “primitive” coding mechanism for life.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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