1
as in translates
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 understands
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 deciphers
Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
My body no longer deciphers its signals correctly.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
My body no longer deciphers its signals correctly.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deciphers
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And if that passion translates to performance, Zoe will someday join her sisters on the national team.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Still, with the club not in Europe next season and thus able to spend 85 per cent of relevant income on players, a little under £13m profit in next season’s calculation translates to around £11m of extra spending capacity, and that’s without even mentioning the saving from Gordon’s wages.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Leppla understands people’s frustration with the creatures but defends them, to a point.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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If your product has integrations, features or data flows that nobody fully understands anymore, or that only one person can explain, there is a structural risk.—
Dan Haiem,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Standards will emerge, including some that machines can issue to other machines, with a human institution somewhere in the chain that is willing to be legally liable when the chain breaks.—
Alex Lazarow,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Gatsby says customers are covered if the robot damages anything during a cleaning, with the company promising to replace items the robot breaks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Nobody knows how often adverse events occur, said Kristen Nixon, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who has studied posts about weight loss drugs on Reddit, a popular online forum.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Now, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a team describes a solution that decodes a person's brain waves to choose which voice their hearing system will amplify.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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Potier decodes that practically illegible document and creates a 3-D realization that grows from a fantastically complex swirl of interlocking geometries.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
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Being self-Aware – recognizes how personal behavior impacts others and stays mindful of one’s own motives, values, and reactions.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The three-day CrimeCon, held this year at Caesars Palace, recognizes true crime content in TV, film, podcasts and publishing.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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Crooks gets to stay in the Big 12 as a senior, and Oklahoma State cracks the top 25.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Later, in response to some minor infraction, Joseph cracks his belt across little Michael’s butt.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
21 Apr. 2026
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In an oppositional reading of a media text, the audience comprehends that the message conflicts with or contradicts their personal experiences of society.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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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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