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
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  • The authors calculated that for every 114 newborns who do not receive a vitamin K shot ⁠at birth, one ​additional bleeding event would occur.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Matthias Schweighöfer has this precision and control that makes the German production feel sharp and calculated.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of calculated
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  • The amount of his withdrawal is computed using the year specified in the Single Life Expectancy Table using the age of the beneficiary the year following the death of the IRA owner.
    — Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.
    — Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of computed
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  • She’s figured centrally in the government’s efforts to find and prosecute noncitizen voters.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • At the beginning of Fatherland, no one—not even the aged Mann, played here in a quietly extraordinary performance by Hanns Zischler—has figured that out.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of figured
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