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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 the Writing categories, the rules codify that screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible."

From Barron's ● May 1, 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

After another shimmering genre-blending release, 2021’s “Blue Weekend,” and now “The Clearing,” it’s almost a decade later, and the band is even harder to codify.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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

He said doing so was likely illegal even if the City Council agreed to it, because of “housing first” policies codified in state law.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Within the past two years, authorities codified the fine print on fund management, payment and settlement, accounting, and taxation, among other essential pillars.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

The justices could choose to focus on a 1952 law passed by Congress that codified birthright citizenship and not wade into the larger constitutional debate, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

“There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made — a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements,” Murphy wrote.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

She began to slip them one by one through her fingers, exactly as her father had done, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather, performing a family legacy of precise, codified, thorough worrying.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

We need a provision intended for gender that ensures women are viewed as full and equal citizens, finally codifying the vision of equality activists have sought for over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 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

Hernandez, who represents neighborhoods near downtown with large immigrant populations, including Pico-Union, said Tuesday’s step toward codifying the city’s policies is meaningful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

Brilliant as were the triumphs of Narses and Belisarius, they were indeed short-lived in comparison with the work done by the celebrated Tribonian and his coadjutors in the way of reforming and codifying the law.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)