cipher
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For the public’s purposes, she was a cipher onto which we were urged to project our romantic fantasies.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
Some refer to her as the “Manchurian candidate,” said John Hart, a communication professor at Hawaii Pacific University, referring to the malleable cipher in the famous political thriller.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Gabriel could have come across as a mere cipher in this environment, a faceless spook navigating smoke and mirrors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
The Cybertruck has become a cipher for this injustice.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
Other Western mathematicians didn’t change the word so heavily and called zero cifra, which became cipher.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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