transposition

Example Sentences

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Experts believed it was a transposition cipher but were mystified by the arrangement of strange markings.

From Seattle Times

Even if Zemeckis et al. don’t do much with this transposition, it’s satisfying that the story’s heroes are now a Black child and woman.

From New York Times

The Democratic platform earned 21/50 for plans to phase out fossil fuels and 31.5/50 on the transposition to clean energy.

From Salon

After being diagnosed with a rare case of transposition of the great arteries, his family were dealt another blow when he tested positive for Covid-19.

From BBC

Only later did the gender differentials of protagonist versus reader – identity transposition – come to mean more.

From The Guardian