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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cipher .
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Examples
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Arabic ciphers than the Roman alphabetical numerals; when 1375 is dated in Arabic ciphers, if the 3 is only changed into an 0, three centuries are taken away; if the 3 is made into a 9 and take away the 1, four hundred years are lost.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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Both Carlos and Zuckerberg are young anti-heroes who remain ciphers.
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Both Carlos and Zuckerberg are young anti-heroes who remain ciphers.
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Both Carlos and Zuckerberg are young anti-heroes who remain ciphers.
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Both Carlos and Zuckerberg are young anti-heroes who remain ciphers.
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Both Carlos and Zuckerberg are young anti-heroes who remain ciphers.
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This inconvenience led to perfecting the art of ciphers, which is called “stenography.”
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The chief difficulty in the way of a complete explanation of the Chaldæan system of arithmetic lies in the interpretation of the symbols which served it for ciphers, which is all the greater as it would seem that they had several different ways of writing a single number.
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Georges Perrot 1873
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Many claim, quite compellingly, that the ciphers are a hoax, perpetrated by Ward to increase sales.
Wired Top Stories Jane Doh 2011
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As of such titled ciphers all courts stand in need,
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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