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
Players will have to decipher a puzzle with clues from another player.
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
The clicks are part of a growing sperm whale phonetic alphabet that researchers at CETI are deciphering.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, scientists identified the virus, deciphered its secrets, concocted a vaccine, put it into production, and rendered the disease manageable – all within a year.
—David Blumenthal, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Before diners are even seated, a quirky focal point is bound to elicit oohs and aahs, and many, many wandering eyes trying to decipher the meaning.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
The clicks are part of a growing sperm whale phonetic alphabet that researchers at CETI are deciphering.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, scientists identified the virus, deciphered its secrets, concocted a vaccine, put it into production, and rendered the disease manageable – all within a year.
—David Blumenthal, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Before diners are even seated, a quirky focal point is bound to elicit oohs and aahs, and many, many wandering eyes trying to decipher the meaning.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decipher
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Temperatures may crack the 90s in the interior areas closer to the Central Coast by Sunday but are more likely Monday, according to the weather service.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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The case was finally cracked when an ICE DNA swab was entered into the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database, triggering a direct match that led to his swift arrest.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Brown doesn’t need social media to understand the opportunity at his fingertips.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the 1950s, Walt Disney understood that Disneyland was the necessary lifeline that allowed the Walt Disney Studios to survive the arrival of television.—
Roland Betancourt,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In practice, this translates to roughly 216 feet long, 62 feet wide, and 60 feet high, which is equal to the size of a five-story building.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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However, translating that to audio was a different reality.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Local teachers and administrators know the needs of their children best.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The difficulty isn’t so much with what’s unknown as with what’s known.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Even the ugly stuff broke the Knicks’ way.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Venus Williams was not the only guest to break the fourth wall with an artistic reference to herself.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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The sublime—a concept introduced by the first-century philosopher Longinus and later refined by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant—rests on an encounter with something too immense or too powerful for the human mind to comprehend fully.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But the story behind how Aurora arrived at this day is hard to comprehend.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Teams can decode tiny movements from previous starts, go over such footage in pregame meetings and use that knowledge to generate tips in that night’s game.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The show is a culinary guessing game, where bakers must decode and decipher what type of dessert was made after surveying small clues like crumbs and food trails.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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Retailers that effectively deploy AI in their physical stores recognize the human elements at the core of the in-person shopping experience.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Now, just two years into that career, Ifill is being recognized with an Excellence in Nursing award as part of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s annual Celebrating Nurses program.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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“Decipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decipher. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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