Example Sentences

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In the interest of science, I will cipher it out on the hypothesis that it is masculine.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Twain, Mark

If it be something inaccessible, we may substitute a hypothetical object for it, which, having the same consequences, will cipher out for us real results.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William