encode

verb

Definition of encodenext
as in to encrypt

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Recent Examples of encode Rather than storing information electromagnetically, the resonators encode data through tiny vibrations. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 The expert with 20 years in a field can now encode their methodology directly, so a category can go from three incumbents to 300 startups in a year. — Harshil Shah, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Their tiny synthetic genome did not encode any metabolic genes, which would let the cell process food and energy, or many of the complex molecules a cell needs. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026 Recently, scientists have developed acoustic devices in which sound waves can encode multiple values in its waves phase. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for encode
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encode
  1. encrypt
  2. code
  3. cipher
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  • Only Fortitude could be accessed by thieves, solely due to the production company’s failure to encrypt the drive, the spokesperson alleged.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • The goal is to encrypt a message so that someone who gets hold of it cannot split it into two usable versions that both reveal the message once the decrypting key is known.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
Definition of encrypt
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  • For the better part of a decade, learning how to code was the main advice that every ambitious student might have heard.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The goal is to help brands big and small build businesses their own way without having to code anything.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Definition of code
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  • The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.
    — Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).
    — STEPHEN NASH, New York Times, 25 July 2017
Definition of cipher

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“Encode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encode. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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