code name
Example Sentences
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The title of the invitation was "Send project Dawn email," an apparent reference to Amazon's code name for the job cuts.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
Goren allegedly worked alongside Ozgur Altun, known by the code name "Abu Yasir Al Turki".
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
Southwest began testing new boarding months before assigned seating was announced using the code name Project USA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
He said company lawyers had come up with a code name for the deal — Project USA — to help maintain a level of secrecy.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
Our scholar-diplomat, Magister Brangwain Spurge, code name: “The Weed,” has at this point been in the goblin capital of Tenebrion for eighteen hours.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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