decode
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Financial advisers may want to flaunt what they’ve learned after years of study, leaving clients trying to decode what feels like a new language.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
One of dozens of Polish codebreakers based there, Fred would work in a team listening to German signals and attempting to decode them.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ideally, it’s an ongoing relationship with a doctor who can take the time to decode why, for instance, that pain in your toe might be a warning of a serious heart condition.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Fans in Manchester, N.H., were suddenly able to follow the soap opera at Manchester United, while supporters in Madrid, N.M., could decode the Kremlinological goings-on of Real Madrid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
All the letters that represent zeros are in italics, so if someone knows what I’ve done, they could decode this.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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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
Prof Ramesh is the principal investigator on Visible Emission Line Coronagraph, or Velc - the most important of the seven scientific instruments on Aditya-L1 - and closely monitors and decodes the data it gathers.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
“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
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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Royal meaning must often be decoded, and the King will have wanted to avoid offending his host.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
The result is an ode of sorts to elusive bossdom, where the cryptic may remain cryptic, decoded just enough to let us appreciate the achievement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
"We have essentially decoded how the body converts movement into stronger bones," said Professor Xu Aimin.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
The TV guide helpfully decoded what I was watching: a film called “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains,” and it was showing on Night Flight.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Each parent contributed a set of instructions, which were decoded to create a child.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that understanding spoken language requires more than just decoding words.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The technology is transforming the work of historians not only by decoding documents, but also by analysing millions of medieval manuscripts or helping read ancient scrolls.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
If decoding the Leipzig affair and its actual or possible ramifications seems to require an advanced degree in international semiotics, the reported facts are straightforward enough.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The approach could have wide-ranging applications, from decoding genetic activity to improving weather predictions.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
The unfurling of an embryo; the reach of a plant toward sunlight; the ritual dance of bees—every biological activity required the decoding of coded instructions.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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