Example Sentences
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Following France's quarter-final exit on home soil at the last Rugby World Cup, it emerged that South Africa's coaches had decoded one of their tactical calls, external before a 29-28 win.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The TV guide helpfully decoded what I was watching: a film called “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains,” and it was showing on Night Flight.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
In this proof of concept, information was encoded into the UV-C laser by the source-transmitter and then successfully decoded by the 2D semiconductor sensor acting as the receiver.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
"I decoded Morse code and passed it to the next person," she said.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
We push messages under each other’s doors, written in the cryptic language of the aliens, which is filled with x’s and Z’s and must be decoded.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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