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When the second-largest U.S. bank discloses its quarterly financial results, analysts have to decipher the lexicon of CEO Brian Moynihan, riddled with obscure, archaic words like “gainsay,” “concomitant” and “fantods.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It means that some of parts of the document release are hard to decipher, with key passages within messages, or entire exchanges, redacted.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

"This research used a molecular technique, known as eDNA metabarcoding to decipher what animals are eating. It's a non-invasive way of studying diet and all you need are fresh scats from the environment."

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

"Gaia is delivering on its promise: by combining its data with ground-based spectroscopy and galaxy simulations, it allows us to decipher the formation history of our Galaxy."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026

To decipher the structure of DNA, Wilkins had decided to corral a set of biophysical techniques invented in nearby Cambridge—crystallography and X-ray diffraction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The brain deciphers the signals and takes action in milliseconds - a process completed every second or so for 12 or more hours a day.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Both fall into the field of “generative AI,” or AI that ingests vast quantities of data and can then output nominally original media based on patterns it deciphers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

The new system deciphers characters better than previous methods.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023

If the men of to-day could read my books, they would burn them; the generation that deciphers these characters will understand, and will say: ‘Our ancestors did not all sleep.’

From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

For decades, they remained largely untouched, but researchers have now deciphered them, uncovering texts that range from magical rituals to royal records and everyday administrative notes.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

Then a law-enforcement officer wrote a new computer program that finally deciphered the information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

The S-shaped copper sculpture has baffled cryptography enthusiasts since its 1990 installation on the grounds of the CIA headquarters in Virginia, with three of its four messages deciphered so far.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

I often thought it was because he didn’t exactly want them deciphered, or that he wanted to maintain a level of constant ambiguity.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025

While I’d slept, she’d deciphered the inscription on the Copper Key.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Turing played a crucial role in the Allies' victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two by helping to crack codes and deciphering the infamous Enigma machine at Bletchley Park.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Mr. Ely provides a few sentences of transcribed testimony before analyzing the case’s factual details and deciphering any unusual language from the period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The bots also weren’t great at deciphering things like maps.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

"We are deciphering the 'identity card' of tumors, by identifying, one by one, the key variables that determine the evolution of the disease," explains Pittet.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026

Now that the location of the Jade Key was public knowledge, deciphering the Quatrain and figuring out how to obtain the key was relatively easy.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline