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as in decrypting
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy
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as in understanding
to have a clear idea of
I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people
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Recent Examples of decoding
Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Google says these experimental models leverage a form of speculative decoding to take a guess at future tokens, which can speed up generation compared to the way models generate tokens on their own.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
For time-sensitive medical conditions, faster decoding of genetic information can directly inform urgent treatment decisions and, in some cases, be lifesaving.
—Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Fixing fragile quantum systems The Ising family includes tools for both calibration and decoding.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
That delay may limit applications that require fast, detailed signal decoding, such as real-time speech translation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Dynamic decoding changes the probabilities based on the task at hand, without changing the model’s underlying weights.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Still, his words require considerable decoding.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
In Hanford’s view, the ones related to word recognition, including phonological awareness and decoding, have often been neglected.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Architectures in this environment are optimized for training large models and pre-filling and decoding multitrillion parameter models.
—Iri Trashanki, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Silberman is one of South Florida’s oldest living World War II veterans, having served as a communications and decoding officer aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in the Pacific.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
As founder of Celera Genomics in 1998, Venter honed his method of decoding—whole-genome shotgun sequencing—which can rapidly sequence different parts of the genome at the same time and then uses machine learning to reassemble them in the right order.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Although viewing captions still required a separate closed caption decoder in 1980, a decade later a partnership between NCI and ITT Corporation would lead to the development of the first caption-decoding microchip.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
In 2023, Meta, a member of AOMedia, named client-side hardware decoding as AV1’s biggest obstacle.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
The technical side of YouTube creation may not seem as exciting to creators, but decoding the algorithm can also help with achieving sustainable results and growing an audience.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
Calibration ensures that quantum processors are correctly tuned, while decoding helps identify and correct errors that occur during computation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
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Better decoding can increase the effective value of each physical qubit by making logical qubits more practical, which in turn improves the economics of scaling toward useful applications.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Google says these experimental models leverage a form of speculative decoding to take a guess at future tokens, which can speed up generation compared to the way models generate tokens on their own.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
For time-sensitive medical conditions, faster decoding of genetic information can directly inform urgent treatment decisions and, in some cases, be lifesaving.
—Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Fixing fragile quantum systems The Ising family includes tools for both calibration and decoding.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
That delay may limit applications that require fast, detailed signal decoding, such as real-time speech translation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Dynamic decoding changes the probabilities based on the task at hand, without changing the model’s underlying weights.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Still, his words require considerable decoding.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
In Hanford’s view, the ones related to word recognition, including phonological awareness and decoding, have often been neglected.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
Ask direct questions instead of decoding energy shifts.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Architectures in this environment are optimized for training large models and pre-filling and decoding multitrillion parameter models.
—Iri Trashanki, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Silberman is one of South Florida’s oldest living World War II veterans, having served as a communications and decoding officer aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in the Pacific.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
As founder of Celera Genomics in 1998, Venter honed his method of decoding—whole-genome shotgun sequencing—which can rapidly sequence different parts of the genome at the same time and then uses machine learning to reassemble them in the right order.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Although viewing captions still required a separate closed caption decoder in 1980, a decade later a partnership between NCI and ITT Corporation would lead to the development of the first caption-decoding microchip.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
In 2023, Meta, a member of AOMedia, named client-side hardware decoding as AV1’s biggest obstacle.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
The technical side of YouTube creation may not seem as exciting to creators, but decoding the algorithm can also help with achieving sustainable results and growing an audience.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
Calibration ensures that quantum processors are correctly tuned, while decoding helps identify and correct errors that occur during computation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoding
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Armed with an adventure kit, participants are summoned to a secret location where they’re tasked with deciphering cryptic codes, uncovering hidden symbols, navigating shifting alliances and outwit enemies and operatives stationed around the campus.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Currently, judges in California courts are responsible for deciphering the nuances of California’s Invasion of Privacy law.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Wanting to move forward is natural, but part of being in a relationship with a parent is understanding that children set the timeline, not the adults’ feelings.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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The original Luddites are worth understanding correctly before invoking them.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Many of Japan’s leading writers, including Enchi Fumiko, Tawada Yōko, Itō Hiromi and Kakuta Mitsuyo, have produced translations of her works into modern Japanese, while others such as Kawakami Mieko have gone so far as to claim Ichiyō as their greatest influence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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His translations of prose and poetry have appeared in Blackbox Manifold, The White Review, Tentacular, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, Seedings, The Johannesburg Review of Books, The Washington Square Review, and others.—
Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
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Knicks fans are hoping to break their 53-year championship drought, knowing a title would also silence one of Jalen Brunson’s biggest critics.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
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Just their approach every single day, just how to come in, taking responsibility knowing what to do and how to do it.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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The cycle from concept to production typically takes six to twelve months and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in data annotation and computing alone.—
Calvin Yadav,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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According to project developers, the system supports workloads ranging from artificial intelligence and big data annotation to 5G infrastructure and domestic large language model development.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Hard sci-fi, meanwhile, leans into the fact that life evolving on other planets, under different conditions, and across different stretches of time will almost certainly take on forms so different from ours that comprehending them would be like imagining a new color.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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As for whether comprehending the wiring of the brain really demands techniques from the frontiers of theoretical physics, questions remain.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
13 Jan. 2026
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As for the federal government, independent analyses by Grassroots Wildland Firefighters and NPR found that Forest Service wildfire mitigation work is on the decline amid federal staffing cuts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Around 180 years after Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to find the Northwest Passage ended in disaster, researchers have identified four additional crew members through DNA analysis.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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Authorities say Long intended to carry out similar attacks in Florida, but his parents had called police after recognizing their son in images from security video posted online.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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This shift—from recognizing patterns to evaluating intent before execution—aligns with the zero trust model.—
Ken Ammon,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Decoding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoding. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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