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as in deciphering

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decoding

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verb

present participle of decode

as in decrypting

to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy

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as in understanding

to have a clear idea of I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people

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Recent Examples of decoding

Noun

The speech of AIs seems to require remarkably little decoding. — Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026 The model also supports speculative decoding, a technique that allows multiple tokens to be proposed and then efficiently checked. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026 Research on multi-region implants, speech decoding, visual restoration, and larger electrode counts is still ongoing. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Google says these experimental models leverage a form of speculative decoding to take a guess at future tokens, which can speed up generation compared to the way models generate tokens on their own. — ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026 For time-sensitive medical conditions, faster decoding of genetic information can directly inform urgent treatment decisions and, in some cases, be lifesaving. — Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026 That delay may limit applications that require fast, detailed signal decoding, such as real-time speech translation. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026 Dynamic decoding changes the probabilities based on the task at hand, without changing the model’s underlying weights. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026 Still, his words require considerable decoding. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

Verb

For example, the strength of Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold, which won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for decoding protein structures, comes from training the AI system on a narrow, specialized data source collected over decades. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The most recent version of the Shield streaming box debuted in 2019, running Android TV with AI upscaling and hardware decoding for almost any type of media. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 Researchers typically devise decoding algorithms that run either on CPU’s, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), or a field-programmable gate array to analyze these syndromes and then apply a correction to the computation. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 That makes decoding and playback capabilities an important part of the television itself. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026 While Swift herself was chatting with Tom Cruise at Travis Kelce’s first Kansas City Chiefs home game of the season, Swifties went into full-on investigation mode, decoding every minor detail from the four-minute video. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 Of course, a catalog filled with percentages, peptides, acids, suspensions, and microemulsions can still require a bit of decoding. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Sep. 2026 There comes a moment, looking at Evans’s dense worlds, when the eye stops decoding and the mind begins to surrender. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 Autistic people of all genders often struggle with nuances of social communication like decoding nonverbal cues, identifying shifts in tone or asking reciprocal questions. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoding

Noun

What is lost is the outcome itself, the translation of a decision already made into a medicine the patient actually takes home.

— Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The expression has different meanings across cultures, rarely referring to its literal translation.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of deciphering

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My breadth of experience from my upbringing to fighting for Arkansans from all walks of life, gives me an advantage in understanding that life story every person brings into my court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Being able to share those same schedules, having the same passion and truly understanding what the other person is talking about — that’s a real plus.

— Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of understanding

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AcePDF also handles interactive forms, annotations, customizable watermarks, shapes, and comments.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
His commentary became an important part of the textual tradition, and his annotations are included in many modern editions of the work.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of annotation

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In other words, knowing how ads prompt purchase decisions is even more of a brass ring than ever.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Feels like groundhog day to be back here knowing what the problem is and also knowing that the front office probably can't do anything about it.

— James Mirtle, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of knowing

Noun

Catch up on breaking news, exclusive interviews, political analysis, original reporting, and standout moments — all in one place, every week.

— Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
In an analysis of data from 130 studies involving more than 275,000 people around the globe, most character strengths were associated with greater mental health.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of analysis

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Understanding that this is policy is crucial for comprehending how Israeli soldiers are expected to dutifully erase entire villages without questioning orders.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
By utilizing three classes of agents, Microsoft is effectively comprehending the entire threat lifecycle.

— Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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