as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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as in calculating
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 Synonyms for ciphering
Noun
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Among those measures was a proposal requiring any ballot measure establishing a fee to undergo a thorough analysis and calculation as to the fee amount before it is presented to voters.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Understanding the nuances of these calculations is complex.—
William Jones,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Some examples include calculating protein macros for a recipe, generating side-by-side comparison tables from multiple tabs, and creating summaries of long documents or websites.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 Apr. 2026
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The state’s homestead market-value exclusion program automatically deducts a certain amount of value for the purpose of calculating property taxes.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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That figure is the cold arithmetic of economic gravity.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
8 Apr. 2026
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And the cruel arithmetic of the AI moment means the technology eroding one workforce is depending on another workforce that America has spent decades failing to build.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Zendaya and her film audience still seem to be figuring that out.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2026
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Take your time figuring yourself out.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Your numbers will differ, but the math works in the same direction for almost every worker.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Crown Point High graduate returned to teach math for 10 years at Crown Point High School.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bloom Energy , Oracle — Shares of the two companies rose after Bloom Energy, a maker of solid oxide fuel cells, said it's expanded a partnership with Oracle to build out its AI and cloud computing capabilities.—
Fred Imbert,Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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The more tokens processed per task, the more computing power that task consumes.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Since the research center gained attention in 2022 studying the amount of computation power leading AI companies used to train their models, Epoch AI has expanded to study the price of AI services, the construction of data centers around the world and the types of chips used to develop AI models.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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The design focuses on improving how graphics processing units convert high-voltage electricity into the lower levels required for computation.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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