codes

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It will take time to assess the building codes and practices in the Venezuelan cities devastated on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Relaxing formal dress codes and allowing enough breaks to allow workers to get cold drinks or cool down can also help.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

“When I think about what’s most important in college, it is learning to think through things. My deepest fear about this technology is that it is allowing students cheat codes to avoid thinking things through.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Local authorities ordered rationing, including a system of QR codes that drivers must show to get their allotted quota of fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

“Cities, towns, state capitals. The trick is for the codes to be new but easy to remember. ‘Springfield’ would be a good code name; nearly every state has a Springfield.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse