descrambling

Definition of descramblingnext
present participle of descramble
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Verb
  • Silberman is one of South Florida’s oldest living World War II veterans, having served as a communications and decoding officer aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in the Pacific.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • As founder of Celera Genomics in 1998, Venter honed his method of decoding—whole-genome shotgun sequencing—which can rapidly sequence different parts of the genome at the same time and then uses machine learning to reassemble them in the right order.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • WhatsApp and Signal are best known for using end-to-end encryption, which can prevent even the messaging services themselves from decrypting user chats.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Inside, advanced computer servers are decrypting hard drives and phones and tracking IP addresses tied to the fraud network.
    J.D. Miles, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The study creates new criteria for deciphering old dice and allows archaeologists to further explore how games have evolved over time, researchers say.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 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
Verb
  • The righty then made a quiet case for cracking the Yankees’ Opening Day bullpen this spring.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Tesla is recalling 173 Cybertrucks because cracking in the rotor could cause the wheel stud to separate from the wheel hub, increasing the risk of a crash and injury.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 May 2026
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“Descrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descrambling. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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