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[dee-kohd] / diˈkoʊd /


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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

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

But it might take some time to decode them.

From Salon May 10, 2026

There was a look in her eyes— dark, sharp, set under papery wrinkled lids—that Christopher could not begin to decode.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

Following France's quarter-final exit on home soil at the last Rugby World Cup, it emerged that South Africa's coaches had decoded one of their tactical calls, external before a 29-28 win.

From BBC Jun. 11, 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

In this proof of concept, information was encoded into the UV-C laser by the source-transmitter and then successfully decoded by the 2D semiconductor sensor acting as the receiver.

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

But once transposed into RNA, how was a gene’s “message” decoded into a protein?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

Autistic people of all genders often struggle with nuances of social communication like decoding nonverbal cues, identifying shifts in tone or asking reciprocal questions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

In the journal Nature, Microsoft's research arm said Silica was the first glass storage technology that had been demonstrated to be reliable for writing, reading and decoding data.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

Calder tore it open and began decoding as Petra watched, fascinated.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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