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codify

[kod-uh-fahy, koh-duh-] / ˈkɒd əˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊ də- /


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The point of the summit would be to codify that view—and to take the first steps toward enacting it.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

In early August, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration moved to codify those language requirements through the federal rulemaking process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

He said Iran has a chance to make a deal and to codify what they said they’ve been willing to do.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

In his 1989 book “Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist,” Jones codified his rules for the cartoons, like “The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going ‘Beep-Beep!’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Lawmakers have established business courts, codified the business judgment rule, and raised thresholds for shareholder lawsuits and proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s important to remember that it was 1976, so this particular fashion choice was not yet au courant, because they had just codified it.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Birthright citizenship for people born in US territories such as Puerto Rico is codified by federal statute.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Moreover, there was an even more elemental understanding implicitly codified in Philadelphia but actually predating the Constitutional Convention by many years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Furthermore, Walker said, if Congress does have a problem with the court ending Bivens, then Congress could pass a statute codifying the Bivens remedy.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

“What is the problem of codifying in law that you’re not allowed to?” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The state secretary for digitalisation, Alexander Pröll, from the conservative ÖVP, said that a draft bill codifying the ban would be presented by the end of June.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

One challenge is codifying the decades of knowhow held in the brains of Bull and his colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Likewise law had been codifying on the Continent.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound


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