unscrambling 1 of 2

noun

as in decoding

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unscrambling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of unscramble
1
as in descrambling

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as in classifying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrambling
  1. decoding
  2. deciphering
  3. classifying
  4. disentanglement
  5. cracking
  6. arranging
  7. analysis
  8. decrypting
Noun
  • The speech of AIs seems to require remarkably little decoding.
    — Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The model also supports speculative decoding, a technique that allows multiple tokens to be proposed and then efficiently checked.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of decoding
Verb
  • And navigating a website might involve deciphering images or knowing what links to click.
    — Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The prevention of future pandemics relies on information from previous outbreaks, which is one reason why deciphering the origins of the COVID-19 began is important.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of deciphering
Verb
  • Summarizing documents, classifying information, answering routine questions and automating standard workflows don't always require the most capable model available.
    — Tiffany Chang, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The following conversation touches on Rock's latest project and process, writing young characters and classifying his own work into a genre.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of classifying
Noun
  • Some ideas are about forging connections, like Luke’s insight about disentanglement.
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Definition of disentanglement
Verb
  • Traditional Republicans who have supported, or at least gone along with, the party’s attacks on Muslims and immigrants and its rejection of democratic norms have spoken out against cracking the door open for anti-Semites.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Others are dressing up as John Politics in convincing cosplay, or cracking jokes about Powell as an alternate reality diplomat.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cracking
Verb
  • The case turned into a years-long legal saga, with multiple people convicted of their roles in arranging the hit, including Wendi’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and her mother, Donna.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior aides to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranging
Noun
  • According to the complaint, when users activate AI features, imagery and audio can be transmitted to Meta’s servers for analysis and, the plaintiffs allege, ultimately used to train Meta’s AI models.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But energy prices are up significantly, which is eating into people's budgets, especially among lower-income households, according to an analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    — Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of analysis
Verb
  • The deadline has prompted security engineers to focus preparations to ward off harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL, and also store now, decrypt later) threats, in which adversaries squirrel away encrypted data flowing over the Internet with the plan of decrypting it on Q-Day—the date a CRQC arrives.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of decrypting
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“Unscrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrambling. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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