descramble

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Verb
  • For those still doing sketchy Survivor math in their heads long after the episode finished in the hopes of finally unscrambling everything, the host offered a fuller explanation on the latest episode of his On Fire With Jeff Probst podcast.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • With end-to-end encryption, every user of an encrypted chat app holds the unique code to unscramble a message sent to that account.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • What Zimmermann had not anticipated was that a team of British code breakers was intercepting wireless communications and decrypting them in a secret location, known simply as Room 40, in the British Naval Office.
    Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
  • This proactive approach involves not only the technical challenge of upgrading encryption methods, but also ensuring that critical data—some of which might be harvested now and decrypted later—remains protected as quantum hardware scales.
    Yuval Boger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This initial data collection phase allowed researchers to begin decoding her thoughts.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The system begins decoding brain signals and outputting speech within a second of the patient attempting to speak; that's down from 8 seconds in a previous study the team conducted in 2023.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As Saxon and Lochlan try to decipher what happened between them, we are asked to think about why we’re aroused (or repulsed) by it.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
  • After analyzing his journal, Cordelia was able to decipher the diligent log Wynter kept of each criminal statute and ethical code that Lilly broke while working her role at the White House, which included stealing money and securing shady contracts.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Descramble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descramble. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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