decipher

Example Sentences

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“The receiver then moves his rotors to THA—and he can begin to decipher the message.”

From Literature

“I don’t have any other ideas. I thought for sure she’d have chosen a code you would be able to decipher, but Tom wouldn’t. Something easy enough but not obvious.”

From Literature

I traced their English asides into their French conversations and deciphered the meaning based on my knowledge of the two languages.

From Salon

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

I knew she was wondering if I’d deciphered the secret, but as always I was still a few steps behind her.

From Literature