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decode

[dee-kohd] / diˈkoʊd /


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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

The hidden number inside the envelope would finally allow him to decode his team's results.

From Science Daily May 18, 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

André, using his copy of the book, would decode the numbers.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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

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

In this proof of concept, information was encoded into the UV-C laser by the source-transmitter and then successfully decoded by the 2D semiconductor sensor acting as the receiver.

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

Yet no one can say they’ve decisively decoded what the show is trying to tell us.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2025

The copilot took control of the plane while Tibbets decoded and read the notes.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

“I’m all about decoding the rhythms of the music,” she adds.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

In the journal Nature, Microsoft's research arm said Silica was the first glass storage technology that had been demonstrated to be reliable for writing, reading and decoding data.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 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

By decoding how interoception works, scientists hope to uncover key principles of brain-body communication that could lead to new treatments for disease.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2025

As Enigma became more complex, the Poles created a decoding device that helped decrypt the messages.

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




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