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unscrambling

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verb

present participle of unscramble
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Noun
  • Fixing fragile quantum systems The Ising family includes tools for both calibration and decoding.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
  • That delay may limit applications that require fast, detailed signal decoding, such as real-time speech translation.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Whether the law survives looming legal challenges—rooted in a 1933 state Supreme Court ruling classifying income as property—remains an open question.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • By classifying sports betting as a public health issue and imposing rigid federal standards, the proposal also significantly limits the autonomy of the states, which have been primarily responsible for the legalization and regulation of this sector since 2018.
    Cláudia Nunes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 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
Noun
  • Some ideas are about forging connections, like Luke’s insight about disentanglement.
    Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The style mishaps kept piling up as cracking wise about wardrobe and hair malfunctions became both a media and national pastime.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, the three — even Cavallari and Conrad, who were pitted against each other in the 2000s — were warm and chummy, cracking jokes and enthusiastically agreeing with one another.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But these three high school students aren't arranging bouquets in a floral shop.
    Bo Evans, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In the city center, the five-star boutique Anthology of Athens by the award-winning Elastic Architects has been arranging secluded luxury stays steps from the Acropolis since late 2024.
    Yulia Denisyuk, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To blame the state for global economic shifts is a convenient political narrative, but a poor economic analysis.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 11 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
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“Unscrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrambling. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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