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
Pitch tipping — the art of deciphering what might be coming based on small tells a pitcher might have — is a legal and common practice.
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Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
How fans experience the game and how referees decipher controversial calls will only get better as visual AI advances.
—Jason Corso, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Health care professionals are now caught between deciphering new legislation and their duty to provide quality care.
—Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
As an avalanche and dead bodies ratchet up the suspense, Zach must lean on his mother’s wisdom to fight for his life while deciphering a confusing undercurrent of danger, violence and betrayal among the survivors.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
How fans experience the game and how referees decipher controversial calls will only get better as visual AI advances.
—Jason Corso, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Health care professionals are now caught between deciphering new legislation and their duty to provide quality care.
—Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
As an avalanche and dead bodies ratchet up the suspense, Zach must lean on his mother’s wisdom to fight for his life while deciphering a confusing undercurrent of danger, violence and betrayal among the survivors.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decipher
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After he's dispatched, Isabel and Jay crack his database of dirt, revealing all of the first family's shady dealings.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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Retention of casual viewers is a nut that’s notoriously hard to crack, and NASCAR isn’t alone in trying to convert its hordes of curiosity seekers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Avtar apparently had difficulty understanding the man and, by phone, called another man who lives at the temple to help translate, Deep said.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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The documents are not organized to help readers understand their context.—
Amy Wallace,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Compared to being sedentary, just 15 minutes of activity per day is enough to translate to significant health and longevity benefits, found one 2011 study.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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Your self-image as well as the way you’re perceived by others will be evolving in a major way now, and pairing faith and imagination and even letting your imagination run wild with a hefty dose of determination will translate to results in terms of greater confidence and making your mark.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes a provider’s NPI is used without their knowledge or consent, a crime known as NPI theft that is commonly committed to facilitate Medicaid fraud.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Defense attorney David Patton said that a different Homeland Security Investigations office in Baltimore knew of the traffic stop two years earlier but had never charged Abrego Garcia and closed the investigation after his March 2025 deportation.—
TRAVIS LOLLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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An historic nor’easter pummeled the region on Monday — with one spot even breaking the snow record from the Blizzard of ’78 — as power crews work around the clock to try to restore electricity for hundreds of thousands.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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In some cases, such as Providence, Rhode Island and Islip, New York, the storm broke records for snowfall, according to records from the weather service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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But many Floridians — particularly those who have moved here since 1998 and have no prior experience with wildfires on a massive scale — don’t see these signs and don’t comprehend the omens.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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But what awaits them in the woods is far older and stranger than any of them can comprehend, and no gods are coming to answer their prayers.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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The downside is that nearby dots interfere with each other more, but the team solved that using a machine learning model to decode the data accurately.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Feb. 2026
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Then, a machine-learning system decodes the visual patterns back into digital data.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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The foundation recognized the diner as a vital social and cultural anchor for the Black community in Los Angeles.—
Angela Osorio,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Over the course of a year, Juri had made strides in recognizing letters, sounds and sight words.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Decipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decipher. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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