encrypt

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Definition of encryptnext
as in to encode

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Recent Examples of encrypt According to Traina, the biometric data is encrypted, sent to the user’s device, and subsequently deleted. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 June 2026 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 Most cloud computing services encrypt data in transit and at rest. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 Duo and Google Authenticator are both easy to use, free, and offer backup tools that store and encrypt your credentials. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for encrypt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrypt
  1. encode
  2. cipher
  3. code
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  • Languages also encode values—gender hierarchies baked into pronouns, honorifics that perpetuate caste distinctions—that liberal-minded activists may not be eager to preserve as valuable pieces of linguistic heritage.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • One of his leading tenets is that life can be defined by its ability to encode information and replicate it.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 July 2026
Definition of encode
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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
  • 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
Definition of cipher
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  • For the better part of a decade, learning how to code was the main advice that every ambitious student might have heard.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The goal is to help brands big and small build businesses their own way without having to code anything.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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