code name
Example Sentences
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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
The code name for the massive operation to catch Miller, in the summer and fall of 1984, was “Whipworm,” a reference to an intestinal parasite.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 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
Each of them had been given a code name: Wolf, Fox, Eagle, and Snake.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
