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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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Rockstar Games has spent eight years developing the sixth edition, a process beset by difficulties including the leak of development footage and code for the game online in 2022.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

However, last year’s tax law added some more tax code features to the annual adjustment list.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Sovereign AI is Palantir’s term for AI tools that let customers evolve and scale while protecting the privacy of their proprietary data and code.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

He said he was "delighted" that the expert team at Amgueddfa Cymru and Cardiff University cracked the padlock code after he spent years trying to solve the mystery himself.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The code breakers were all right,” he says.

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

"Avoid links in unsolicited messages, and never give anyone your password, verification codes or wallet recovery phrase."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Columbaries are likely to become more popular, with QR codes placed on memorials to link visitors to digital archives of photographs, videos and other records of a person’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Others were scanning QR codes and filling out forms.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Cities, towns, state capitals. The trick is for the codes to be new but easy to remember. ‘Springfield’ would be a good code name; nearly every state has a Springfield.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The wait times are color coded as follows:

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Thus, along with their instruments they packed sheaves of what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

For another, Formula 1 and soccer, sports frequently coded as elite and coastal, are experiencing booms of popularity across the country.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the coded letters, he described the car he’d seen at his last meeting with Chisholm.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

OpenCode, a company that makes a popular coding tool, announced in mid-October that it was under nonstop attack for 48 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

The men revolve, one step at a time, until compass needles point to 34, the number coding for Detroit.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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