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decipher

[dih-sahy-fer] / dɪˈsaɪ fər /


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"The nature of trust has changed - there are a lot of stories and theories in front of people and it's hard to decipher one thing from the next," he says.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Many blockchain analytics firms help law enforcement decipher “anonymous” transactions and hunt down illicit activity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 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

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

After hours of searching, Marco had risked showing the map to a fisherman to decipher.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The new study deciphers the whole reaction network for the first time, determines the dominant molecular pathway and unveils the critical role of electrocatalysis in modifying the reaction's kinetics.

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2024

The brain deciphers the signals and takes action in milliseconds - a process completed every second or so for 12 or more hours a day.

From Washington Times Dec. 14, 2023

Both fall into the field of “generative AI,” or AI that ingests vast quantities of data and can then output nominally original media based on patterns it deciphers.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2023

Terrible the despair that sweeps through his soul, as he deciphers it:— “Helen Armstrong.—For him she loves.”

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

Meadows says no one has deciphered why the vineyard produces such exquisite wines, but it is some combination of terroir, or environment, as well as 2,000 years of trial and error by the region’s winemakers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

For decades, they remained largely untouched, but researchers have now deciphered them, uncovering texts that range from magical rituals to royal records and everyday administrative notes.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

The S-shaped copper sculpture has baffled cryptography enthusiasts since its 1990 installation on the grounds of the CIA headquarters in Virginia, with three of its four messages deciphered so far.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 2025

I often thought it was because he didn’t exactly want them deciphered, or that he wanted to maintain a level of constant ambiguity.

From Slate Nov. 17, 2025

On it was scribbled handwriting that could barely be deciphered, which was something else my brother and I had in common, and it read: You came to take us.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

Mr. Ely provides a few sentences of transcribed testimony before analyzing the case’s factual details and deciphering any unusual language from the period.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"We are deciphering the 'identity card' of tumors, by identifying, one by one, the key variables that determine the evolution of the disease," explains Pittet.

From Science Daily Feb. 10, 2026

She exits her state without deciphering Paula’s words, yet feels an innate and moving satisfaction anyway, as if she could glean the meaning of what her former patient said without understanding every word.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

Even for policy wonks, it’s a challenge to keep up with the cadence of discounts and negotiated prices while deciphering what is merely optics and what represents actual savings.

From MarketWatch Dec. 4, 2025

José Arcadio Buendía did not succeed in deciphering the dream of houses with mirror walls until the day he discovered ice.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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