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as in nobody
a person of no importance or influence
it was either write the Great American Novel or be consigned to the status of a cipher in the annals of literature
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as in to figure
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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Recent Examples of cipher
Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
In the hands of a lesser actor and director, Laura might have been a frustrating cipher.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Stephen Nash, New York Times, 25 July 2017
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Noun
Elsewhere, Jonathan and Ana made a smart strategic decision after figuring out how to use a cipher to decode a message into English.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
In the hands of a lesser actor and director, Laura might have been a frustrating cipher.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Verb
These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).
—Stephen Nash, New York Times, 25 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cipher
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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None of these nobodies is performing like Grimes just yet, and until someone does Grier better get active trying to find a handful of veteran cornerbacks whom this team can call on, and sign to patch up the weakest unit on the team.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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And maybe that’s a metaphor for the way a lot of middle-class nobodies feel.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Manager Aaron Boone, however, figured that hitting bombs against his former team must have felt nice for Bellinger.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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And as long as Pancho Villa was selling tortillas, Trevor Boney figured, there was no urgency.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The multiday wedding celebration, set against the backdrop of a historic city and reportedly costing up to $56 million, will host around 200 guests ‒ each boasting a net worth with more zeroes than most can only dream of.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Brown pitched well and tossed up zeroes through the first three innings Monday against the St. Louis Cardinals.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Tell me a little bit about the technical side of filming a dwarf and an elf together.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
13 Oct. 2022
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Other new characters include Disa, the first female dwarf ever shown in the Lord of the Rings series.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2022
Verb
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That’s £200 off for a family of four, the ad calculates for its listeners.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The grade are calculated mostly based on how students do on state exams in language arts, math, science and social students.—
Zoey Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
Noun
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At 87 percent merino wool (blended with nylon), these are also very durable while remaining lightweight (10.3 ounces for a men's large).—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
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Not only is the Switchback crazy lightweight, it's purposely designed to be as compact and low-riding as possible.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Each firm has its competencies and costing schedules, but more obvious differentiation manifests itself in terms of how far each vendor can extend into the edge computing space and, crucially, make use of AI accelerators and intelligence boosters.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Making Android the base of Google's personal computing efforts could fuel the company's next attempt to compete with the iPad.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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“Cipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cipher. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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