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The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

"In the Writing categories, the rules codify that screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible."

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

This weekend’s Super Bowl will codify the shift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said he would ask Congress to "codify" the plan and would discuss it further at the Davos World Economic Forum later this month.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 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

Spokespeople say the deal is predicated on their agreement being codified into a bill within the next week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

European lawmakers are in the process of ratifying that treaty but haven’t yet codified it in law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Within the past two years, authorities codified the fine print on fund management, payment and settlement, accounting, and taxation, among other essential pillars.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

The justices could choose to focus on a 1952 law passed by Congress that codified birthright citizenship and not wade into the larger constitutional debate, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

He was the first to prove geometric theorems of the sort codified by Euclid three centuries later—for example, the proposition that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

We need a provision intended for gender that ensures women are viewed as full and equal citizens, finally codifying the vision of equality activists have sought for over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

Stewart describes the platform as codifying best practices he’s relied on for decades — but at a scale and speed no individual agent could match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

They also recalled little pushback when DHS formally banned chokeholds and other tactics in 2023; it was merely codifying the norm.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

Brilliant as were the triumphs of Narses and Belisarius, they were indeed short-lived in comparison with the work done by the celebrated Tribonian and his coadjutors in the way of reforming and codifying the law.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)