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

In others, they appeared to refer to the woman Summers was attracted to by a code name: “peril.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 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

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

Each of them had been given a code name: Wolf, Fox, Eagle, and Snake.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz