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encode

[en-kohd] / ɛnˈkoʊd /


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Scientists there analyze it to identify genetic mutations unique to that patient’s cancer, encode them into an mRNA vaccine and return the vaccine to New York in about nine weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Qubits, meanwhile, are the basic units of information that encode data in a quantum machine, analogous to bits in traditional computers.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

The genre’s marginal roots complicate blanket condemnations, since the same raunchy lyrics often encode critiques of class exclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

“And attention is the front end of memory, right? So without attention, you can’t encode or remember anything.”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

But how many particles were needed to encode one variant trait?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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