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ciphering

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verb

present participle of cipher

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ciphering
Noun
  • Move forward a few decades, and no one bats an eye at someone using Excel to perform calculations.
    John Schneider, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • But Trump appears to have made the calculation — at the prodding of Israeli officials and many Republican lawmakers — that Israel’s operation had softened the ground and presented a perhaps unparalleled opportunity to set back Iran’s nuclear program, perhaps permanently.
    Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • The remark was made by the calculating corporate climber Tom Wambsgans, on spotting a large Burberry handbag worn by a woman outside of the Roy family’s inner circle.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In high-stress emergencies, calculating the correct dose to withdraw from a vial takes time and increases the risk of error.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That's the arithmetic that prompted Moody's to cut its rating on U.S. debt, from its top rating of Aaa to Aa1.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 May 2025
  • So doing the work is the arithmetic, and AI is the algebra, intelligence leverages are the calculus.
    John Werner, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s what the math on that decision could look like, theoretically: Long-term in 2025 option Marner signs next week for seven years around $13 million, which equates to $91 million.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • The math isn’t mathing, though—especially now that the same team is working with Shamea, Kelli’s new BFF.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.
    Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This problem is acutely evident in large language models, where the massive scale of parameters and computations magnifies these inefficiencies.
    Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Quantum error correction schemes, however, require that some of the hardware qubits undergo weak measurements multiple times while the computation is in progress.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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