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decipher

[dih-sahy-fer] / dɪˈsaɪ fər /


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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

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

Serena and Ti Fifi tried to decipher the message.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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