DESCRAMBLED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

descrambled

verb

past tense of descramble

as in unscrambled

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In 1985, Dutch researcher Wim van Eck showed that electromagnetic signals from video display units could be captured and decoded, raising the possibility of eavesdropping on what a screen displayed.

— Chetan Jaiswal, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
The Seven-Sins Paradigm The last generation of products decoded the brain in order to bypass the brain.

— Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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Uncertainty notwithstanding, the longevity world has glommed onto the notion that the vaginal microbiome is some kind of exotic tealeaf that can be deciphered—and perfected by purchasing the right supplements.

— Sarah DiGregorio, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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Absolutely, but that hasn’t necessarily translated to pulling back, at least across our outlet centers.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The book, which was translated from the original Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain, is set in a dystopian future in an unspecified country and explores how authoritarian regimes shrink imagination by policing stories, the release stated.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

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Inspectors reported seeing rodent droppings, cracked tiles in a shower, a tarp on the roof, a crack in the ceiling, debris and furniture dumped outside.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Had Logan Allen not stumbled in his final spring tune-up, Messick might not have cracked the Opening Day roster this season.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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