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That deal, to be negotiated over the coming months, aims to codify cooperation in a range of areas, including defense, critical minerals and energy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 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

In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said he would ask Congress to "codify" the plan and would discuss it further at the Davos World Economic Forum later this month.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

Some elements of the new law will simplify and codify existing best practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

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

Lawmakers have established business courts, codified the business judgment rule, and raised thresholds for shareholder lawsuits and proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

Moreover, there was an even more elemental understanding implicitly codified in Philadelphia but actually predating the Constitutional Convention by many years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He sums up what the amendment would do, arguing that it goes far beyond codifying the status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

Stewart describes the platform as codifying best practices he’s relied on for decades — but at a scale and speed no individual agent could match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

The measure vanished in the general vortex which swallows up such things, and with it vanished any hopes which Fitzjames might still entertain of actually codifying a part of English law.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen