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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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Data encrypted now may be harvested and decrypted later.—
Dino DiMarino,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Skip the bulky trackers that require you to download new apps, that don't encrypt your communications, and don’t make a sound when your belongings are detected.—
Shalwah Evans,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Power is no longer drawn on maps—it’s encoded in algorithms, quantified in processing speeds and protected by cryptographic systems.—
Markus Pflitsch,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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But the Harbin skull still contains enough of its original proteins to tell a different story: A few of them matched specific proteins from Denisovan bones and teeth, as encoded in Denisovan DNA.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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In May, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said 20% to 30% of the tech giant’s code is now written by AI coding assistants.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
3 July 2025
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The audit dug deep into the exact details of how that coding error occurred.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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