DESCRAMBLE Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

descramble

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Definition of descramble

as in to unscramble

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But uncertainty over what happens in the weeks ahead, as well as the complexity of unscrambling the blockage created by the closure of the strait, will continue to affect gasoline prices.

— Daniel Yergin, Time, 20 June 2026
Thus, the most straightforward attempt to unscramble the omelet faltered.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025

Definition of unscramble

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For example, the strength of Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold, which won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for decoding protein structures, comes from training the AI system on a narrow, specialized data source collected over decades.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
The most recent version of the Shield streaming box debuted in 2019, running Android TV with AI upscaling and hardware decoding for almost any type of media.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

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Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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