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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

The common council will vote to codify the moratorium on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

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

As far as codified behaviors go, it’s hard to be more densely rich with implications for the human condition than the Ten Commandments or the Bill of Rights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

This is a requirement of the ACA codified in regulation by the Internal Revenue Service and enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services since 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

He was the first to prove geometric theorems of the sort codified by Euclid three centuries later—for example, the proposition that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“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

Stewart describes the platform as codifying best practices he’s relied on for decades — but at a scale and speed no individual agent could match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

Senate has ratified numerous treaties codifying U.S. duties under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which under the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

The measure vanished in the general vortex which swallows up such things, and with it vanished any hopes which Fitzjames might still entertain of actually codifying a part of English law.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen


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