1
as in to crack
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet
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as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher
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Recent Examples of decipher
Its inscriptions are currently being deciphered.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
At least three independent efforts deciphered the first three Kryptos messages.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The audience is put into her shoes, only able to decipher what is going on by listening to the men banging around the house trying to kill her.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
No, Lindsey did not decipher a few revealing tarot cards or see the future inside a crystal ball.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
At least three independent efforts deciphered the first three Kryptos messages.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The audience is put into her shoes, only able to decipher what is going on by listening to the men banging around the house trying to kill her.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
No, Lindsey did not decipher a few revealing tarot cards or see the future inside a crystal ball.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decipher
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In the Zootopia sequel directed by Jared Bush and Bryon Howard, brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), team up again to crack the most perilous and intricate case of their careers.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Democratic senators are split on whether to vote to reopen the government, but Republicans only need a handful of Democrats to crack to end the shutdown.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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Adoption accelerates naturally when professionals understand that AI is amplifying their capabilities, rather than replacing them.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Members of the new Agentic Futures Initiative believe lawmakers and officials need to better understand the technology to ensure new products remain interoperable across platforms, private — and secure.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The poetry lies in the precision, the poetry is in somehow translating sensation and experience into the most forensic language available.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Here was a program that could translate as well as an expert, make analogies, extemporize, generalize.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The employees are all members of a union local known as University Professional Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The account was not guarded by an extra layer of security known as multi-factor authentication.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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His most recent stop before Arkansas was in Baltimore, Maryland, as a night and breaking news editor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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With eight catches for 129 yards, the third-year player remains on pace to break the NFL’s single-season record for receiving yards (1,964 by Calvin Johnson in 2012).—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the end, A Guardian and a Thief is a story that comprehends hunger more deeply than the world that produces it.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Watching the song’s polarizing music video, which uses digital trickery to reunite the surviving Beatles with their late mates, projected behind McCartney and his band on a massive screen is trippy, and hard for the brain to comprehend.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Tsao is best known for decoding how macaque monkeys perceive faces.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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His team, including Igal Szleifer, Luay Almassalha, and Kyle MacQuarrie, decoded how DNA’s shape, not just its sequence, influences gene behavior.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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The group, mainly millennials and young Gen Xers, grew up in the internet era and recognize how technology can switch up the status quo.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Still, this technology requires careful attention to bias by ensuring AI agents recognize diverse communication patterns fairly and accurately, rather than embedding harmful assumptions.—
Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Decipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decipher. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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