- past participle of unscramble.
- past tense form of unscramble.
Example Sentences
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Infecting smartphones or other gadgets being used for WhatsApp messages meant the content of messages encrypted during transmission could be accessed after they were unscrambled.
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
We may, for instance, receive a text that tells us what the spy is wearing, but it will need to be unscrambled.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
Only the recipient can see the unscrambled message.
From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2021
Consider phone networks: your calls share space with others through a technique called multiplexing - data gets time stamped, scrambled up, and unscrambled at the other end.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2019
One such application is to coding theory, which allows government officials, bankers, and others to pass classified sensitive information without fear that it will be unscrambled.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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