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.
were 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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First to the scene last year were coding agents, which can write a large portion of the code for an application much faster than a human could.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
