cipher
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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
But he has been a cipher when it comes to the administration’s military “excursions,” as Trump calls them, and has reportedly even been exiled from the makeshift Mar-a-Lago situation room.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
The Cybertruck has become a cipher for this injustice.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
It’s why Gere pushed for Bosko to be even more of a cipher than he was on the page.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
But beware—a simple cipher is easy for an expert to break!
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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