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
A museum curator helped decode the 1984 train timetable.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
She has learned to decode nutrition labels and developed a taste for salads and nuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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
“So, son, can you decode this thing? So far, our top cryptographers, all of whom are assembled here, haven’t been able to. What are the hostiles’ intentions?
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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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
As though the intelligence that decodes life’s hidden patterns—that connects reflections to images, glints to light, weaves to fabrics, needles to thread, walls to rooms, love to fear to anger to remorse—was suddenly lost.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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Following France's quarter-final exit on home soil at the last Rugby World Cup, it emerged that South Africa's coaches had decoded one of their tactical calls, external before a 29-28 win.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
Stine has penned a compelling novel about love and a world decoded with new language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
We push messages under each other’s doors, written in the cryptic language of the aliens, which is filled with x’s and Z’s and must be decoded.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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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
The second hurdle to overcome is the “software challenge” of decoding the brain’s signals and converting them to computer code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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
“Exactly. Thank you for understanding. I was so intent on decoding Willa’s mission that I underestimated Fleetwood’s ability to move quickly, and now he’s here, and—” My voice cracks with emotion.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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