code name

Example Sentences

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They referred to the possibility of their characters getting a call from Sweden by a code name: ABBA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

The latter is salient because the name Oracle comes from the code name of a CIA-funded project that Ellison worked on.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

Geopolitically, things seem to have deteriorated, which created an interesting milieu for my spy — code name Kane — to inhabit.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Operation Interflex is the code name given to the UK Armed Forces' training programme, which has been created to develop and prepare Ukrainian recruits to fight their country's Russian invaders.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

“That’s their code name for the invasion of Britain. Could come anytime. Enjoy your breakfast.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin