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code name

[kohd neym] / ˈkoʊd ˌneɪm /


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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

Southwest began testing new boarding months before assigned seating was announced using the code name Project USA.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

His secret service code name is “Legend.”

From Los Angeles Times