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ciphers

  • plural of cipher.
  • present tense form of cipher (3rd person singular).

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The love he once had for baseball he now felt for a strange and mysterious place that was as old as history itself yet as secretive as the classical ciphers.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

They were challenged to embed hidden codes, and ciphers into their designs.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

But I am calling for a little more emotional clarity from the adults who condemn these students for being imperfect ciphers of morality.

From Slate May 2, 2024

Waldman and Schaller believe that rural white people are functioning adults who have agency and are not the childlike ciphers of Fox News.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2024

But William’s bosses knew something that Elizebeth and Helmick did not—which was that William and his team had broken some of Japan’s top-grade ciphers.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield