code name

Example Sentences

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The title of the invitation was "Send project Dawn email," an apparent reference to Amazon's code name for the job cuts.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

They referred to the possibility of their characters getting a call from Sweden by a code name: ABBA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

The latter is salient because the name Oracle comes from the code name of a CIA-funded project that Ellison worked on.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

The code name for the massive operation to catch Miller, in the summer and fall of 1984, was “Whipworm,” a reference to an intestinal parasite.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

Miss Penn had asked if she could interview an English-speaker and they got to talk face-to-face, under guard, and Penn verified Julie by her code name.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein