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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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Instead of relying on centralized databases, the company encrypts data to each individual user — even after it’s uploaded.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
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One early Zcash transaction became something of a legend within the blockchain community: in the memo field, the sender had encrypted a romantic message.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Our proof-of-concept tool encodes the state-specific prior-authorization rules of four large insurers into a surprisingly simple digital contract.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Or are they encoded accounts of things that happened on some other, less palpable level, but were no less real for that?—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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If your teen really likes Minecraft, for example, consider introducing him to architecture or coding.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
14 Apr. 2025
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Code security tools and coding assistants like Snyk, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor have made huge leaps in shifting development left.—
Ken Ringdahl,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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