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
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
“No, we are different,” she said before laughing and speaking a language not even Ella's translation crystal could decode.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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
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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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
"We have essentially decoded how the body converts movement into stronger bones," said Professor Xu Aimin.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
Yet no one can say they’ve decisively decoded what the show is trying to tell us.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
"I decoded Morse code and passed it to the next person," she said.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
To find out where you can read a decoded version of the letter, see Note 2 on page 172.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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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
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
MarketWatch has since reviewed the paper, which cited “high accuracy and state-of-the art per-cycle decoding times” when running the algorithm on a field-programmable gate array chip from AMD.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
“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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