How to Use decipher in a Sentence
decipher
verb- I couldn't decipher his sloppy handwriting.
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Many of which have yet to be deciphered.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
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In both, the seekers try to decipher the clues in front of them.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022
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All this can be hard to decipher which linen set is the best option for your home.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
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And there's just no way this show would make his first clue package that easy to decipher.
—Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2020
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Your feedback comes in the form of a score, chart, and graph, which are easy to decipher.
—Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 22 Aug. 2019
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In what will be a four- or five-game season, two games will have to be enough to decipher.
—Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
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Some of the what Olson says at that point is hard to decipher.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
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And, trying to decipher the mindset of those around the horse is so key.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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They’re also asked to decipher a nation that makes less and less sense.
—Jerry Brewer, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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Both men laughed heartily and said things that were hard to decipher on the recording.
—Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
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The researchers then deciphered certain traits that were linked to the habit.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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For starters, the orb might have coding flaws that could let a hacker decipher all the iris scans.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 25 July 2023
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The sound waves that bounce back are used to map the Earth's crust and decipher its contents.
—Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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Here's our guide to deciphering the pantheon of fruit desserts.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
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The first step is to decipher a code etched onto the Reba flag.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
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And one of the reasons why the president gets paid the big bucks is to decipher all that.
—CBS News, 8 June 2022
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With any luck, though, there’s still time to decipher what happened, and to seek solace in the telling.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
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The paintings can be daunting to decipher, but that is where the magic is.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
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At the end of the night, you’re left trying to decipher one carrier from the next.
—Addie Morton, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
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Twitter feed to decipher what might be in store for them in the lead-up to the announcement.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
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What’s more, the state forms ask lots of questions that can be difficult to decipher.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 6 Aug. 2020
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As the cars zoomed around the track, spectators squinted to decipher whose ride was whose.
—William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
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The pair often spent time trying to decipher the strange fossil.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
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Seales has been working on techniques to decipher the scrolls for over 20 years.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Teachers asked students to look at a picture to help decipher words or think about the story plot.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
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Lula has to decipher this silence and bring the military to his side.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
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In the months since the law passed, workers and employers have been seeking help to decipher it.
—Calmatters, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024
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This leaves only one Dead Sea Scroll that has yet to be deciphered.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2018
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No one had written them down, and the band had to listen to the few tapes that existed and try to decipher his words.
—Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2026
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