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ciphered

verb

past tense of cipher
as in calculated
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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  1. calculated
  2. computed
  3. figured
Verb
  • The political costs will be calculated in November’s midterm congressional elections, with Republicans facing increasing headwinds from the war’s unpopularity.
    — Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Crypto data group CoinGlass calculated that $571 million was wiped off long positions in the overnight sell-off.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of calculated
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  • The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of computed
Verb
  • So the team figured the right way to do it would be to put an atom into a superposition of paths, where one path sees the atom thrown upward and has gravity return it to its original location.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That success has to be re-established this season, but head coach JJ Redick and his staff figured these teams out last season.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of figured
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“Ciphered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphered. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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