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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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Those records do not always include a code specifically identifying a new heart failure diagnosis.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

It is common practice for the state to consider aligning its tax code with the federal structure to make filing taxes easier and administering them more cheaply.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

New Mexico’s insurance code governs how insurance holding companies register with the state.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

That conclusion makes sense, but it raises a question that the Supreme Court may have to confront: Which state’s criminal code is the one that counts?

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

It was very easy to do hi in Morse code.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

You can google the codes to make sure they match the care you actually received.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

In addition, the Blue Raiders will display QR codes on the scoreboard screen for donations to Parton’s book-gifting program, the Imagination Library.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

The contemporary grocery aisle is full of labels, QR codes, lot numbers and assurances of transparency; nevertheless, the person pushing the cart is increasingly asked to perform the work of tracing the food backward herself.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Pakistan has dealt with a number of major fires in recent years, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

He knows cheat codes I’ve never seen before.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

In messages, prosecutors said, the two used coded language to refer to their meetings as classes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 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

Now it was her turn to study Mrs. Richardson, as if the key to understanding her were coded into her face.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Before paying medical bills, contact the provider and ask for an itemized bill that contains current procedural terminology, or CPT, codes, which are basically the lingo and the coding that the medical industry uses.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

That strategy has paid off spectacularly -- coding is the rare AI skill that users are willing to pay handsomely for.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Today’s AI large language models might excel at coding, but proponents say doing real physical work requires large action models, aka world models.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

He noted that "vibe coding" – making an app or website using AI rather than by coding it manually – was "all the rage".

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

So we developed a system for coding our underground messages in terms of watches.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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