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codify

[kod-uh-fahy, koh-duh-] / ˈkɒd əˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊ də- /


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The Senate bill would also restrict players from transferring more than once and codify the NCAA’s five-year eligibility limit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In early August, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration moved to codify those language requirements through the federal rulemaking process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

He said Iran has a chance to make a deal and to codify what they said they’ve been willing to do.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Congress codified a regulation defining a professional degree as signifying “completion of the academic requirements for beginning practice in a given profession” for which a “professional licensure is also generally required.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

As far as codified behaviors go, it’s hard to be more densely rich with implications for the human condition than the Ten Commandments or the Bill of Rights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

It’s important to remember that it was 1976, so this particular fashion choice was not yet au courant, because they had just codified it.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Birthright citizenship for people born in US territories such as Puerto Rico is codified by federal statute.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Einstein codified these rules in the special theory of relativity.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

For it to move forward, the city attorney’s office needs to draft language codifying the change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“What is the problem of codifying in law that you’re not allowed to?” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The state secretary for digitalisation, Alexander Pröll, from the conservative ÖVP, said that a draft bill codifying the ban would be presented by the end of June.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

They also recalled little pushback when DHS formally banned chokeholds and other tactics in 2023; it was merely codifying the norm.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

Likewise law had been codifying on the Continent.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound


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