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decode

[dee-kohd] / diˈkoʊd /


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She has learned to decode nutrition labels and developed a taste for salads and nuts.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

But the global superstar - known for long-game teases and hidden Easter eggs that fans love to decode - has been coy on details of her wedding to American football star, Travis Kelce.

From BBC Jun. 5, 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

But it might take some time to decode them.

From Salon May 10, 2026

Fully aware that he was probably the first human in several thousand years to decode the magical words, Artemis switched on his desk light and began to read.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

Royal meaning must often be decoded, and the King will have wanted to avoid offending his host.

From BBC Apr. 29, 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

"I decoded Morse code and passed it to the next person," she said.

From BBC May 3, 2025

“This time, miraculously, I understood. I decoded their speech. I penetrated the words and understood what was happening inside.”

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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

Exxon’s algae work was done in conjunction with Synthetic Genomics, a company founded by Craig Venter, a pioneer in decoding the human genome, that later operated under the name Viridos.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Encoding converts digital data into these pages, while decoding translates them back into usable information.

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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