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

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

Operation Interflex is the code name given to the UK Armed Forces' training programme, which has been created to develop and prepare Ukrainian recruits to fight their country's Russian invaders.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Penkovsky, the most productive spy ever to work for the Americans, was living up to his code name.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau