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cipher

[sahy-fer] / ˈsaɪ fər /




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To make the journey work without the audiences seeing each other, Broucke used a mathematical application called a Caesar cipher, created by the Roman general to send encrypted messages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

For the public’s purposes, she was a cipher onto which we were urged to project our romantic fantasies.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

“Election Day” isn’t a space, say, with complex cipher codes to untangle.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

The Cybertruck has become a cipher for this injustice.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

That means that it uses many cipher alphabets.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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