Sentence examples for becomes a code from inspiring English sources

"If the morphine drip becomes a code word for slow euthanasia," they wrote, "laypersons may be increasingly wary of the other uses of opioids".

Every country has an obscure theoretical dispute — in America, about the moment when human life begins; in France, about the proper meaning of the term laïcité — that crystallizes some of its deepest preoccupations and, in turn, becomes a code for its practical politics.

The "the" becomes a code, a signal that he distances himself from an entire group.

Thus "respect" for the anthem and the flag becomes a code for obedience to the state.

What was once a meaningless pattern on a moth's wing becomes a code, and it tells me how that moth looks to other moths.

"Suspicious activity" becomes a code word for anything outside the accepted norm, and by participating in this charade of "addressing security threats," the U.S. government further perpetrates the cycle of oppression of those outside the dominant [read: white] culture.

The term "diversity" has become a code word for inclusion of racial, ethnic and sexual minorities.

"'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion'.

Appalachia has become a code word for our nation's sacrifice zones.

" 'Courtliness' became a code word for 'inaction,' yet I was both courtly and active," he writes.

" 'Sanctuary city' became a code word for cities that were somehow not protecting citizens from immigrant criminals".