Sentence examples for code for from inspiring English sources

"code for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as shorthand for saying that one thing stands for or symbolizes another. For example, "The color blue often codes for trustworthiness."

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Code for what exactly?

(Their name is code for "tribal Monterrey").

Is this code for dumbing down?

Words like "productivity" are code for quotas.

This is code for "sell the company".

The dialing code for Saudi Arabia?

Keyhole Code for images gathered by satellites.

The programming code for a computer virus?

NPR says that's code for Planned Parenthood.

Trust me, that's code for "Stringfellows".

That is code for candour even bluntness.

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