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
Goren allegedly worked alongside Ozgur Altun, known by the code name "Abu Yasir Al Turki".
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
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
“We will continue to keep” a protected person whose code name was blacked out in the document but was clearly Mr. Biden “in our sight but must be creative to ensure our own personal safety.”
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Miss Penn had asked if she could interview an English-speaker and they got to talk face-to-face, under guard, and Penn verified Julie by her code name.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
