cipher
Example Sentences
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They were challenged to embed hidden codes, and ciphers into their designs.
From BBC
Gabriel could have come across as a mere cipher in this environment, a faceless spook navigating smoke and mirrors.
“Election Day” isn’t a space, say, with complex cipher codes to untangle.
From Los Angeles Times
Some maintain that Orange County is still basically a cultural cipher--and some who adhere to this notion are home-grown.
From Los Angeles Times
That conversation comes up in “Twin Peaks: The Return” as Lynch flat-out confirms Laura Palmer to be a cipher for unyielding good, intended to restore universal balance after humankind developed a new capacity for evil.
From Salon
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