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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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Though the currency’s value was susceptible to the day’s memes, it ultimately required confidence only in code.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

When we decided to buy, we knew it was going to have to be in a more affordable zip code.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

To state the obvious, Manning’s blunder is not in the area code of French’s tweet.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Software developers have more staying power than it may seem, in part because most software development isn’t about writing code, the Journal said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

It must be the zip code for Anchorage.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“Unique ballot envelope identifiers, such as bar codes, enable confirmation that only citizens receive and cast ballots,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

One promising strategy uses so-called bosonic quantum codes*.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

She fought tirelessly to get the sport sanctioned in Ireland and included in the Olympics, before going on to conquer both the amateur and professional codes.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

These codes can be called ICD-10 or procedure codes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

He pulled a book off a nonfiction shelf at random—it was something about tax codes.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Four American musicians visiting the Soviet Union in 1985 packed what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 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

“Do they actually notice what they’re supposed to notice? Do they make the first steps they’re supposed to take? All those options can be coded into those kinds of simulations,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

There were just drawings, coded instructions, and obscure texts.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

He uses AI for everything, from video editing and back-end coding to scheduling hangouts with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

A team of lab assistants spent months watching their reactions, coding facial expressions and scoring them against nine emotional behaviors: anger, disgust, happiness/amusement, contempt, sadness, embarrassment, fear, surprise and confusion.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

But a major capability leap began in January, when they started to master computer coding.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Businesses could continue adapting them to customer service, coding, document creation and administrative work.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

I told you, I’m almost done with the coding.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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