encrypt

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Recent Examples of encrypt Sequent uses a cryptographic system, which encrypts responses and uses mathematical proofs to ensure votes are counted correctly. Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2025 For example, when Meta announced plans to encrypt all messages on its Facebook Messenger app, the move drew condemnation from the U.K. Home Office. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025 By encrypting data and masking IP addresses, VPNs shield users from hackers, corporate trackers, and even government surveillance. James Czerniawski, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 Your videos will be encrypted, and your login details are required to access them. Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for encrypt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrypt
Verb
  • These tiny changes in distance encode a tremendous amount of information about their source.
    Chad Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This broader engagement helps students encode information more effectively.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.
    Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).
    STEPHEN NASH, New York Times, 25 July 2017
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  • The company’s new system, AlphaGenome, is the first large-scale application of AI to decode 98% of our DNA that does not code for proteins.
    Miguel Llorca, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Acutis was precociously savvy with computers before the social media era, reading college-level textbooks on programming and coding as a youngster.
    Jessie Wardarski, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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