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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

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

“Because there is virtually no room for security or safety failures, we deeply understand these strict requirements and codify them into a set of policies for the agent.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

This weekend’s Super Bowl will codify the shift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 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

In his 1989 book “Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist,” Jones codified his rules for the cartoons, like “The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going ‘Beep-Beep!’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The wrap dress was codified as “practically perfect” in the 1980 satirical book, “The Official Preppy Handbook,” though its popularity peaked in the 1970s.

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

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

“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

Senate has ratified numerous treaties codifying U.S. duties under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which under the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 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

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