deciphering

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Deciphering whether Kim Jong Un is merely a doting father or a long-term planner is what has drawn intense debate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Her talk "Deciphering microbial dynamics in a Ready-to-Eat Food production facility: Insights into Listeria monocytogenes persistence" will take place on 11 April.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

Deciphering the secrets of the volcanoes may eventually reveal the influence Jupiter has over its eruptions, which could be a clue to how the gas giant and its satellites formed.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Deciphering the papyri, Sommerschield says, could “revolutionize our knowledge of ancient history and literature.”

From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2023

Deciphering the laws of heredity, he wrote, would transform “man’s outlook on the world, and his power over nature” more “than any other advance in natural knowledge that can be foreseen.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee