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Recent Examples of encipher
The digitized voice and key were enciphered by modulo six addition.
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IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2019
To protect sensitive communications traveling along public pathways, the senders enciphered—or encrypted—their words, often using machines that could replace each letter with a new letter.
—Liza Mundy, Time, 10 Oct. 2017
IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2019
To protect sensitive communications traveling along public pathways, the senders enciphered—or encrypted—their words, often using machines that could replace each letter with a new letter.
—Liza Mundy, Time, 10 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encipher
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The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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An Enigma ciphering machine that was donated to the museum by telecommunications company SIRTI.Photo: Cantalupi, Pavia One of the artifacts from SIRTI collection was a German ciphering machine used in World War II, an Enigma, Savini says.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Feb. 2020
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Even the consumer-level codes that encrypt your online banking are so hard to break that every computer on the planet working together would need longer than the age of the universe to brute-force them apart.—
David M. Ewalt,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Most cloud computing services encrypt data in transit and at rest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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How the genes that encode those proteins are regulated depends on some of the genome that doesn’t code for proteins.—
Philip Ball,
Quanta Magazine,
18 June 2026
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Recently, scientists have developed acoustic devices in which sound waves can encode multiple values in its waves phase.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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How the genes that encode those proteins are regulated depends on some of the genome that doesn’t code for proteins.—
Philip Ball,
Quanta Magazine,
18 June 2026
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The children of service business owners also grew up, learned how to code, and wanted to make an impact on their family business.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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