decode
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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
But it might take some time to decode them.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Telegraphy was nearly instantaneous, but it required skilled operators at each end of the line to encode and decode the message, effectively slowing transmission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Funded by the Buckinghamshire-based ME Association and carried out at Imperial College London, the Rosetta Stone study hopes to look for biomarkers and "decode the immunological profile" of both conditions.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
There was a look in her eyes— dark, sharp, set under papery wrinkled lids—that Christopher could not begin to decode.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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