decode
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Online shopping, says Charlotte, “is something I avoid, especially as I get older — I just don’t have the patience to decode the sizing differences of four different brands selling basically the same shirt.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
She has learned to decode nutrition labels and developed a taste for salads and nuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
But the global superstar - known for long-game teases and hidden Easter eggs that fans love to decode - has been coy on details of her wedding to American football star, Travis Kelce.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
In “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks, threat actors are intercepting and storing massive volumes of encrypted data, which they intend to decode as soon as more mature quantum technology becomes available.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Lolo can’t decode the message, so finally I just read it aloud.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Karlyn Borysenko infiltrates their meetings, collects their materials, decodes their language, and exposes their ideas,” reads her description of her Substack.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
A stray orange cat; a séance in a hostel; a “nearsighted galoot” who decodes cryptic messages from Radio Pyongyang; flashlights that aren’t just flashlights — these bread crumbs guide us to the novel’s denouement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
Another, called PerturbSci-Kinetics, developed by graduate student Zihan Xu, decodes the genome-wide regulatory network that underlies RNA temporal dynamics by coupling scalable single-cell genomics with high-throughput genetic perturbations, or manipulations that can influence gene function.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
This part of the brain, called Wernicke’s area, is the part that “hears” and decodes language.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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On the receiving end, the photonic qubits were decoded with an actively stabilized interferometer containing a phase shifter, allowing the system to operate for extended periods without manual adjustment.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
Scientists said Crinkle had become the first of her species, which is endangered in the wild, to have her complete genetic code decoded.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
The idea that flavor must be earned, decoded and unlocked.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
"I decoded Morse code and passed it to the next person," she said.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
The other half remained: How was the RNA “message” decoded into a protein?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The company promises Ising will deliver up to three times higher accuracy for the decoding process central to quantum error correction.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
“I’m all about decoding the rhythms of the music,” she adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
"In addition, neural network synchronous decoding reduced the need for complex measurements and step-by-step reconstruction, supporting more efficient readout and decoding. This could enable a practical route toward high-capacity, high-throughput holographic data storage."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
It abandoned the hokum that convinced educators that they could teach kids to read through pictures and context clues rather than decoding words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
In January 1941, Elizebeth and her team started decoding messages from an unlicensed radio station.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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