decipher
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No, multiple academics have attempted to decipher the meaning behind the mightily adorable meow of the domestic house cat.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
"More globally, this work is a step forward in the combined use of laboratory experiments and AI to decipher the information that is embedded in the sequence of the DNA bases in humans," said Kadonaga.
From Science Daily β Aug. 23, 2026
Tsimerman will be using them to decipher the behavior of machines.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 1, 2026
Dr Helen Paul, an economic historian at the University of Southampton, was one of the experts brought in to decipher 18th Century ledgers.
From BBC β Jun. 18, 2026
“Well, not many people could read this anyway. It’s the same secret writing that I used. As you saw, not even Elinor can decipher it.”
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 12, 2026
The fact that the bat brainstem processes various complex acoustic signals differently can also help scientists to understand how the brain deciphers and processes complex human speech.
From Science Daily β Feb. 23, 2024
She studies for the driver’s license test with them, deciphers public transportation for them and most of all just lets them know she is here to listen and help.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 26, 2023
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 β Dec. 14, 2023
Literature is written by and for two senses: a sort of internal ear, quick to perceive “unheard melodies”; and 254 the eye, which directs the pen and deciphers the printed phrase.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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 β May 5, 2026
Signal's end-to-end encryption means that any sent message travels in a scrambled form and can only be deciphered by the end user.
From Barron's β Apr. 25, 2026
If comprehensively deciphered, the relationships between the species populating the genealogical tree of life, Mr. Telford argues, offer the possibility of understanding the evolutionary history of every component of natural biology.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 26, 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 β Nov. 17, 2025
Baba was reciting a long poem he had deciphered from ancient stone inscriptions.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Also this morning: We’re tracking the latest escalations in the Iran war, and deciphering what Microsoft’s and Meta’s ballooning AI spending—revealed in yesterday’s earnings—means for their bottom lines and futures.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 30, 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 β 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 β Jan. 18, 2026
The English section of South Korea's gruelling college entrance exam, or Suneung, is notoriously difficult, with some students comparing it to deciphering an ancient script, and others calling it "insane".
From BBC β Dec. 11, 2025
He was too busy deciphering his own clue lines.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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