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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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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

With respect to the handling of issues raised at the relevant times, there were no findings of a breach of the code.

From BBC ● 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

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

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

Meanwhile, new building codes, particularly around energy efficiency and fire suppression, have forced builders to construct more complex and expensive homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

My brain raced to remember the codes I had memorized the night before.

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the early years of vehicle autonomy, Tesla, Alphabet’s robotaxi unit Waymo and others meticulously coded driving instructions into software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In March 1942, Semyon Semyonov and his fellow KGB agents in New York got a coded telegram from Moscow headquarters explaining the task.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

It wasn’t until the third quarter that OpenAI’s new tools for agentic software coding found traction—leading to enterprise overtaking consumer sales as the company’s biggest revenue driver, Brockman said Wednesday at the WSJ Tech conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Pierre Computer deal would improve Codex, OpenAI’s agentic artificial-intelligence coding tool, the AI lab said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

French AI startup Mistral released a new open-weight AI model, called Mistral Large 4 or “Le Chonk” on Thursday, calling the model the best open-weight model in coding and cybersecurity.

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

I gazed up at the towering robot, admiring the attention to detail Halliday had put into coding it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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