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decipher

[dih-sahy-fer] / dɪˈsaɪ fər /


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It means that some of parts of the document release are hard to decipher, with key passages within messages, or entire exchanges, redacted.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Their goal was not to decipher the symbols, which remain undecoded, but to measure their structural properties.

From Science Daily Feb. 25, 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

Brende noted that "the interest is to come together at the beginning of the year to try to connect the dots, decipher, and also see areas where we can collaborate".

From Barron's Jan. 13, 2026

Plenty of other experts were also intrigued by the potent drawings and had tried to decipher them, without success.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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 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 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 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 Dec. 14, 2023

The text he deciphers is written large, written across the face of the continent, written in mountain-chains and ocean depths, and in the piled strata of the globe.

From Time and Change by Burroughs, John

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

But the point for Kagan in bringing up this legislative history was merely to provide “yet more proof” of statutory meaning already deciphered through “straight-up statutory construction.”

From Slate Mar. 4, 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 Dec. 26, 2025

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

In order not to have our notes read or understood by the authorities if they were found, we devised ways of writing that could not easily be seen or deciphered.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But he doesn’t routinely recommend male prenatals, he said, citing limited studies for men, unlike for women, as well as challenges deciphering between brands in an industry not vigorously regulated.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 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

I peer over to see what she’s deciphering.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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