cipher

Example Sentences

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In the presence of her pop goddess Ni'Jah whether on a TV screen or in person, she's a slack-jawed, mesmerized cipher ready to be absorbed whole or devour anything in her way.

From Salon

Still, in the early going, she is mostly a bemused cipher.

From New York Times

But a simple substitution cipher is easy to crack because certain letters, such as “e,” appear much more often than others.

From Scientific American

Because the nation introduced stamps to the world in 1840, the stamps bear only an image of the sovereign or a cipher.

From Washington Times

“They will occupy historians of Britain and Europe and students of the French language and early modern ciphering techniques for many years to come,” he said.

From New York Times