encrypt
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code.
are encrypting
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present progressiveof encrypt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There is a limited timeline for encryption, “a horizon beyond which it will no longer be useful. When you are encrypting private data and making it public, you cannot assume that it’ll be private forever.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
“Those are very important tools for . . . informing the public. Now, more departments are encrypting radio traffic. It would be very unfortunate if police blotters were taken away, as well.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021
This information is pretty clean cut, and unless you are encrypting your status updates, you are putting information about you right out into the Internet ether.
From Inc ● Apr. 12, 2013
The move follows announcements by Apple and Google that they are encrypting, by default, data stored on iPhones and Android devices.
From Washington Post
They are encrypting more, and when they do use cell phones, it is often in an attempt to smoke out surveillance.
From Time Magazine Archive
