decipher
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It means that some of parts of the document release are hard to decipher, with key passages within messages, or entire exchanges, redacted.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
"Gaia is delivering on its promise: by combining its data with ground-based spectroscopy and galaxy simulations, it allows us to decipher the formation history of our Galaxy."
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Administration officials fielded phone calls from executives and political allies trying to decipher whether Trump’s threat was a bluff or a prelude to an escalation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
"It's hard to decipher what's real and what's not, what's true and what's not true -- people arguing over the exact same video and saying 'this happened, no, that happened.'"
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
But I didn’t have time to decipher their meaning.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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