ciphered

past tense of cipher

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ciphered
Verb
  • The report also calculated the amount of PFNA that people could be exposed to without being harmed — a critical measurement that can be used to set limits for cleaning up PFNA contamination in Superfund sites and for removing the chemical from drinking water.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Another voice is former Obama administration economist Jason Furman, on the faculty at Harvard, who calculated in late September that without data centers, those GDP figures would look a bit different.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Administrators then questioned them, computed risk scores and decided who to detain.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, Pages figured the moment would find him.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Comet figured it out in one try and signed me up in a couple of minutes.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Ciphered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphered. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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