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code

[kohd] / koʊd /
NOUN
secret language system
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NOUN
instructions for a computer
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VERB
to write in computer language or program
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Payments can be even easier using a merchant's QR code.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Now, after an innovative pilot study backed by decades of specialized research, a team at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography says it may have cracked the code.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Under the islands’ penal code, a single fender-bender with an endemic animal can carry severe consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Sites must also consider how their algorithms – the computer code which recommends new content to users – could be harmful to young people and mitigate any risks.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Finally, the code makers had retaken the lead.”

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

Scammers will ask you to provide or verify personal information, account login details or two-factor authentication codes, transfer money to them or download malicious software, it says.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

It didn’t require him to work full time because customers can use emailed codes to access the facility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

That knowledge could help policymakers strengthen building codes, improve earthquake resistant infrastructure, update evacuation plans, and better prepare communities for future disasters.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

"We mentioned money on our invitations and also created print-out QR codes for people to scan at the bar," she says.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

In France, however, William had wrestled with even more difficult codes.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

If this had been coded correctly, a "timelier" ambulance response would "likely" have been sent.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

It also prohibits the use of “sell by” dates on food packaging, but it does allow coded “sell by” dates that retain stock rotation information for retailers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

“Do they actually notice what they’re supposed to notice? Do they make the first steps they’re supposed to take? All those options can be coded into those kinds of simulations,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

But that’s precisely what interests me: the coded way in which people are talking about this may betray something darker about our culture.

From Salon May 8, 2026

Emma started to add, We figured out the first part of Mom’s coded message.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Firms like OpenAI and Anthropic are projecting massive upticks in revenues as more companies test cutting-edge tools for a range of tasks like coding, marketing and data analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Muse Spark 1.1 is Meta’s first model to boast near-frontier agentic coding capabilities and a paid application-programming interface.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

The early and intense AI adopters spent more than $100 per month per employee on AI and had their employees using advanced AI, such as coding subscriptions, as opposed to simple ChatGPT subscriptions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

"This kind of predictive coding is something we associate with being awake and attentive, yet it's happening here in an unconscious state," said Dr. Benjamin Hayden, professor of neurosurgery at Baylor.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

I gazed up at the towering robot, admiring the attention to detail Halliday had put into coding it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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