plain text
Britishnoun
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"The scrambled plain text was found, but without the coding method or the key. This is a very important distinction," he separately told a news conference in November.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
"Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text," a subsequent post read.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
"Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text," he added.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2024
In place of lofty odes to the majestic generalities of the Constitution, the justice has consistently favored its original meaning and a statute’s plain text over other considerations.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023
Another, or a group of others, would write the plain text.
From Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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