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

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

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

The Israelis used the code name Philadelphi for the strip, while Egyptian officials call it Salah Al Din.

From New York Times • May 30, 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