code
noun
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message.
was coding
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past progressiveof code.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She says that thanks to AI, she is able to code for the first time in her life, and Zuckerberg, who was coding Facebook when she met him, is back coding again.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
As a liberal arts major, I was coding programs in weeks and coding complex procedures in months.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
The hardest part, says Layton, was coding the software required to control the hardware, and working out which signals would drive what action.
From Nature ● Jul. 23, 2018
The crucial point is how Europe has evolved from when Zuckerberg was coding Facebook.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2015
He was coding in someone else’s meeting in July because he had just two hours to prepare for a presentation on a new Smule product, code-named “Project Oke.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
