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Recent Examples of encipher
Photo: Mark Richards Code Maker: One of Spicer’s favorite artifacts is this World War II German enciphering machine, called the Enigma.
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IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2011
The digitized voice and key were enciphered by modulo six addition.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2019
To protect sensitive communications traveling along public pathways, the senders enciphered—or encrypted—their words, often using machines that could replace each letter with a new letter.
—Liza Mundy, Time, 10 Oct. 2017
IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2011
The digitized voice and key were enciphered by modulo six addition.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2019
To protect sensitive communications traveling along public pathways, the senders enciphered—or encrypted—their words, often using machines that could replace each letter with a new letter.
—Liza Mundy, Time, 10 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encipher
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By default, Claude encrypts personal user data, and Anthropic employees can't access it outside special circumstances, such as enforcement of Claude’s usage policy.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 July 2025
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Together, among other things, the group hopes to cancel all consumer debt by encrypting all the data of one of the biggest corporations in the world, and Allsafe's largest client — E Corp (or, as Elliot refers to it, Evil Corp).—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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In some cases, this reprogramming can enhance the metabolic capacity of their hosts, encoding genes for central carbon metabolism and ATP generation.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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The selection of encoding methods between amplitude and basis encoding affects the model's ability to efficiently represent complex relationships.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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What Is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding is a relatively new term that refers to writing software with the help of large language models.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Historical artifacts include an Enigma coding machine from the museum’s U-505 submarine.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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