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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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These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).—
STEPHEN NASH,
New York Times,
25 July 2017
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As noted earlier, EncryptionSafe also uses a single master password to encrypt all files.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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Discord does not encrypt its private channels, meaning that the company has technical access to users’ conversations and can turn them over to law enforcement if presented with a court order or warrant.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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Researchers expect many more to be discovered in the process of identifying, in effect, each of the billions of eukaryotic genes on Earth, many of which encode a protein of some kind.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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These models encode representational maps.—
Eric Markowitz,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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None of them have hours to study how to code or search for plugins.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Anthropic says its new AI model can code for longer than prior versions.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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