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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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Vlasenko got on the radio. “4-5-0,” he said, the code to indicate he was OK.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

Binance released on Tuesday a detailed investigation into the $6 billion hack of its cryptocurrency platform, showing how attackers used fake job interviews and malicious code to steal the funds.

From Barron's ● 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 smiley face is a code for my dad’s namesake.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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 Dell donation delivers $250 to 25 million accounts, focusing on children under the age of 10 in lower-income zip codes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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

Gardner's world was the abstract realm of codes, clues, and interpretation.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The wait times are color coded as follows:

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

In messages, prosecutors said, the two used coded language to refer to their meetings as classes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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

The five-digit numbers from the sheet are subtracted from the five-digit numbers of the coded message.

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

Last month brought news of exploitable bugs in PHP, the coding language of most websites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The company’s models were suddenly good enough that engineers had started outsourcing their coding to them and some had stopped writing code altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 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 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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