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codify

[kod-uh-fahy, koh-duh-] / ˈkɒd əˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊ də- /


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The point of the summit would be to codify that view—and to take the first steps toward enacting it.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The common council will vote to codify the moratorium on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In early August, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration moved to codify those language requirements through the federal rulemaking process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

He said Iran has a chance to make a deal and to codify what they said they’ve been willing to do.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Lawmakers have established business courts, codified the business judgment rule, and raised thresholds for shareholder lawsuits and proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s important to remember that it was 1976, so this particular fashion choice was not yet au courant, because they had just codified it.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Birthright citizenship for people born in US territories such as Puerto Rico is codified by federal statute.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

In many ways, China’s vernacular taste in automotive design codified the excesses of the West and doubled down upon them, propelled by the status-signaling anxieties of rising Chinese affluence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

All that arcane business about planets ascendant in this or that solar or lunar “house” or the “Age of Aquarius” comes from Ptolemy, who codified the Babylonian astrological tradition.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Furthermore, Walker said, if Congress does have a problem with the court ending Bivens, then Congress could pass a statute codifying the Bivens remedy.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

He sums up what the amendment would do, arguing that it goes far beyond codifying the status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“What is the problem of codifying in law that you’re not allowed to?” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The state secretary for digitalisation, Alexander Pröll, from the conservative ÖVP, said that a draft bill codifying the ban would be presented by the end of June.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

The objections then assigned were equivalent to a challenge to show the possibility of codifying.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen


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