decipher

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Their goal was not to decipher the symbols, which remain undecoded, but to measure their structural properties.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Carmel-by-the-Sea has long had its own dispatch center, with workers trained to decipher people’s descriptions of where they live, former Police Chief Paul Tomasi told The Times in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Brende noted that "the interest is to come together at the beginning of the year to try to connect the dots, decipher, and also see areas where we can collaborate".

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

That said, economists and central bankers have an ongoing intellectual debate to decipher whether AI is indeed the reason for the rise in productivity.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

With the boxes colored in and filled with symbols, it was like a secret language, a code only knitters could decipher.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows