How to Use decipher in a Sentence

decipher

verb
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  • With any luck, though, there’s still time to decipher what happened, and to seek solace in the telling.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Cooper used a translation app to decipher the suspect's rants.
    — Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • But there’s making a movie for the fans, and making a movie that only fans can decipher and appreciate.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The scholars who set out to decipher the Rosetta Stone faced an array of challenges.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
  • People turn on subtitles and captions for many reasons—to learn a language, perhaps, or decipher a heavy accent or muttered dialogue.
    — Cordilia James, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Where original manuscripts by older composers, such as Beethoven, can be difficult to decipher, this one is remarkably legible.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The challenge for parents is to decipher if their child is truly interested in a product for its efficacy and value to their skin or simply because of its popularity.
    — Megan McIntyre, Allure, 20 June 2024
  • Many workers are focusing more of their attention on family and nonwork pursuits, and some job seekers are trying to decipher the buzzwords in job postings for red flags that a role could be a one-way ticket to burnout.
    — Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • At the end of the night, you’re left trying to decipher one carrier from the next.
    — Addie Morton, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The first step is to decipher a code etched onto the Reba flag.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • For starters, the orb might have coding flaws that could let a hacker decipher all the iris scans.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 25 July 2023
  • Twitter feed to decipher what might be in store for them in the lead-up to the announcement.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Both men laughed heartily and said things that were hard to decipher on the recording.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The pull of tides and the sway of nature were easier to decipher than the riddle within.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Here's our guide to deciphering the pantheon of fruit desserts.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Seales has been working on techniques to decipher the scrolls for over 20 years.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In near-instant time, the beeps could be deciphered by Morse-code stations thousands of miles away.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Lula has to decipher this silence and bring the military to his side.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Teachers asked students to look at a picture to help decipher words or think about the story plot.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The slick contraption could decipher a code so small that it could be printed on a pack of chewing gum.
    — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
  • The recordings are also a bit difficult to decipher, as they are listed by day/time and channel, not by the name of the show.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
  • The difference is hard to decipher when the bills come due, which happens faster than usual under the new league rules.
    — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 15 July 2023
  • Use the accompanying cards to help decipher what's what — and learn a few fun facts about each species.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Simone's husband's net worth is a bit hard to decipher.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The Royals couldn’t decipher his pitch movement as the outs continued to pile up.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024
  • Here’s what to look for when deciphering between elk vs deer.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But the hieroglyphs around the center of the stone, including the date it would have been used, are difficult to decipher.
    — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • For the last eight years, the group has employed machine-learning tools to decipher what the U.S. government wants to keep us from knowing, and why.
    — Brian Hochman, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • People have to decipher a poem in Spanish to get hints.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
  • What to Consider: Some of the colors are very similar and can be hard to decipher.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023

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