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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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All data stored in Enpass vaults is encrypted — every field and all attachments.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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End-to-end encryption means your message is fully encrypted while in transit, including while transiting the communications provider’s networks.—
Frederick Scholl,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 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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And because of who that third party is—HR—things then become coded in whatever way they become coded.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
3 Apr. 2025
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All three performers can weasel, bully, and talk a blue streak, and all are skilled at providing internal drive to text that can feel elliptical, coded, or without obvious dramatic action.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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