decipher
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"The nature of trust has changed - there are a lot of stories and theories in front of people and it's hard to decipher one thing from the next," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
"This research used a molecular technique, known as eDNA metabarcoding to decipher what animals are eating. It's a non-invasive way of studying diet and all you need are fresh scats from the environment."
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
"It's hard to decipher what's real and what's not, what's true and what's not true -- people arguing over the exact same video and saying 'this happened, no, that happened.'"
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
Carmel-by-the-Sea has long had its own dispatch center, with workers trained to decipher people’s descriptions of where they live, former Police Chief Paul Tomasi told The Times in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
And when you’re done with your poem, decipher it as if you’d just found it printed in a textbook and knew absolutely nothing about its author.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The new study deciphers the whole reaction network for the first time, determines the dominant molecular pathway and unveils the critical role of electrocatalysis in modifying the reaction's kinetics.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
The brain deciphers the signals and takes action in milliseconds - a process completed every second or so for 12 or more hours a day.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Both fall into the field of “generative AI,” or AI that ingests vast quantities of data and can then output nominally original media based on patterns it deciphers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
His soul is in the fullest sympathy with the grand ideas which nature symbolizes, and he "deciphers the universe as the autobiography of the Infinite Spirit."
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
For decades, they remained largely untouched, but researchers have now deciphered them, uncovering texts that range from magical rituals to royal records and everyday administrative notes.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
If comprehensively deciphered, the relationships between the species populating the genealogical tree of life, Mr. Telford argues, offer the possibility of understanding the evolutionary history of every component of natural biology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The S-shaped copper sculpture has baffled cryptography enthusiasts since its 1990 installation on the grounds of the CIA headquarters in Virginia, with three of its four messages deciphered so far.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
I often thought it was because he didn’t exactly want them deciphered, or that he wanted to maintain a level of constant ambiguity.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
To begin with, they deciphered Calakmul’s proper name: Kaan, the Kingdom of the Snake.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Mr. Ely provides a few sentences of transcribed testimony before analyzing the case’s factual details and deciphering any unusual language from the period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The bots also weren’t great at deciphering things like maps.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
"We are deciphering the 'identity card' of tumors, by identifying, one by one, the key variables that determine the evolution of the disease," explains Pittet.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026
She exits her state without deciphering Paula’s words, yet feels an innate and moving satisfaction anyway, as if she could glean the meaning of what her former patient said without understanding every word.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
So I devoted an entire section of my grail diary to deciphering the Limerick, line by line.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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