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as in deciphered
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy
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as in understood
to have a clear idea of
I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people
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Recent Examples of decoded
His team, including Igal Szleifer, Luay Almassalha, and Kyle MacQuarrie, decoded how DNA’s shape, not just its sequence, influences gene behavior.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Cotton Incorporated’s trend forecasters, whose expertise lies in analyzing fashion, have decoded what consumers will be purchasing looking ahead.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Here are the lyrics of The Life of a Showgirl's Track 4, decoded.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
But there's a hidden layer of history still waiting to be decoded – the microbes that lived inside them.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Shaw also considers the mysterious Voynich manuscript, from the fifteenth century, which has never been decoded and which some contend is a hoax with no decryptable meaning.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
That thought acted like a lockpick, opening the channel and allowing inner speech to be decoded.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Jackson decoded receiver screens with ease.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Below, here is Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl track list, decoded.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Cotton Incorporated’s trend forecasters, whose expertise lies in analyzing fashion, have decoded what consumers will be purchasing looking ahead.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Here are the lyrics of The Life of a Showgirl's Track 4, decoded.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
But there's a hidden layer of history still waiting to be decoded – the microbes that lived inside them.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Shaw also considers the mysterious Voynich manuscript, from the fifteenth century, which has never been decoded and which some contend is a hoax with no decryptable meaning.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
That thought acted like a lockpick, opening the channel and allowing inner speech to be decoded.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Jackson decoded receiver screens with ease.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Below, here is Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl track list, decoded.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoded
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While expeditions in the early 1990s deciphered crucial insights into the ship’s final moments, one expedition drew sharp criticism after a crewman’s body was found.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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All these tropes — gaydar and girls without it — make for easier narratives, but the presumption that the codes of the heart can be deciphered on the body is one that, outside the world of absurdist comedy — and probably sometimes within it as well — can wound and damage.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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How gentle and precious to be understood.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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In handing down the sentence, Montenegro said Bonillo understood the scope of his misdeeds, abused his position of trust and used that position to enrich himself while undermining CBP’s main goal.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The president worked with Gifford Pinchot—the US Forest Service’s first leader—on a publicity campaign in this realm, and came to appoint a commission in 1903 that held public hearings and investigations the president knew would grab headlines.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Not the loss of titles, or the connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and of course, not how long the royal family knew about it without doing anything.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 Nov. 2025
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But along the way, some of that Bloomingdale’s DNA that made the store stand out, particularly the flagship, an internationally recognized, must-see destination with a global appeal, got lost.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Among the industry figures recognized this year is Taeko Saito, Senior VP of business development and strategies, Asia Pacific at EMPIRE, marking her first appearance on the list.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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My teacher grasped my wrists, forcing me to pick it up.—
Erin Silvia,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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This time was his time and with Gordon off the pitch, Woltemade grasped it and clung to it.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Combat correspondent Jan Bender, whose video footage in Fallujah was used for the movie, appreciated these aspects.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
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The support is appreciated during the financial strain.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Decoded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoded. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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