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
He said company lawyers had come up with a code name for the deal — Project USA — to help maintain a level of secrecy.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
The first Nazi Enigma messages that Elizebeth broke came from a spy network with the code name GREEN.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
