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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.
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Markus Pflitsch, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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, 18 June 2025
This is what inequity looks like when it’s encoded in policy: a financial incentive to treat men first, and women later — if at all.
—Christine Brennan, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
The tassels were different colors, different fiber types, different thicknesses—all variables that could encode meaning in different ways.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
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Markus Pflitsch, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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, 18 June 2025
This is what inequity looks like when it’s encoded in policy: a financial incentive to treat men first, and women later — if at all.
—Christine Brennan, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
The tassels were different colors, different fiber types, different thicknesses—all variables that could encode meaning in different ways.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encode
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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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Hartman cited State of Washington and Washington, D.C., codes that give time limits for when a contract must be paid.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
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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“Encode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encode. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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