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unscrambling

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verb

present participle of unscramble
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Noun
  • And tasks like editing and exporting HEVC videos in Adobe Premiere Pro become slower, since all the decoding and encoding must be handled by software instead of the PC’s hardware.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Fixing fragile quantum systems The Ising family includes tools for both calibration and decoding.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the organization responsible for classifying celestial bodies.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Isaacman is referring to the American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930, classifying it as a planet.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The study creates new criteria for deciphering old dice and allows archaeologists to further explore how games have evolved over time, researchers say.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The clicks are part of a growing sperm whale phonetic alphabet that researchers at CETI are deciphering.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some ideas are about forging connections, like Luke’s insight about disentanglement.
    Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Tuesday, April 28 Health inspectors cited the Rancho Cordova Thai restaurant after finding the cook cracking an egg on the prep line and continuing to prep food without proper handwashing and glove replacement.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado May 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Chara thought nothing of cracking Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci or Brad Marchand in the back with a cross-check during net-front sessions.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Clerk-Treasurer Corinne Peffers was also authorized to contact the Barnes & Thornburg law firm as counsel in arranging for a general obligation bond to finance the purchase.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Grab a wide and shallow bowl, place a floral frog inside, and start arranging the tulip stems in an organic way.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Track all of the day’s news and analysis here.
    Yun Li,Alex Harring,Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • An earlier analysis from Deutsche Bank pointed out that the CBO assumes the primary deficit—the shortfall between revenue and spending excluding interest payments on debt—is expected to remain relatively stable over the next decade and beyond at about 2% of GDP.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • WhatsApp and Signal are best known for using end-to-end encryption, which can prevent even the messaging services themselves from decrypting user chats.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Inside, advanced computer servers are decrypting hard drives and phones and tracking IP addresses tied to the fraud network.
    J.D. Miles, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Unscrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrambling. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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