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ciphering

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verb

present participle of cipher

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ciphering
Noun
  • However, the calculation was not indexed to inflation; therefore, after 5 decades, the calculation began affecting middle-income earners.
    Cindy McGhee, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • In addition to Bailey’s involvement with the report, the University of Missouri also performed calculations of the data that was included in the report.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • The remark was made by the calculating corporate climber Tom Wambsgans, on spotting a large Burberry handbag worn by a woman outside of the Roy family’s inner circle.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In high-stress emergencies, calculating the correct dose to withdraw from a vial takes time and increases the risk of error.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And of course there’s some other stuff that can do arithmetic better than us.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2025
  • That’s in 45 years… Corporate labs are starting to internalize such arithmetic.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Newton’s era, the late 17th century, was a time of rapid progress in science and math.
    Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Last July, Foster was featured on Baylor's student-athlete platform for his participation in a math skills summer camp put on by the school.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.
    Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Using this algorithm with hand computations on paper, Lucas showed in 1876 that the 39-digit number (2127 - 1) equals 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727, and that value is prime. Also known as M127, this number remains the largest prime verified by hand computations.
    Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
  • If computation were offloaded to powerful remote servers, VR and AR headsets could function as lightweight terminals, dramatically lowering the barrier to entry for immersive gaming.
    Ivan Shvaichenko, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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