decoder
noun
de·cod·er
(ˌ)dē-ˈkō-dər 
: one that decodes
especially
: an electronic device that converts signals from one form to another (as for unscrambling a television transmission)
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Our favorite Gen Alpha decoder and middle school teacher Mr. Lindsay weighs in on what's dominated the past year.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Dec. 2024
The Brits may showcase the various roles women played in the war — Bletchley decoders, WRNS, WAAFs and, of course, spies — but American screenwriters have mostly consigned the 150,000 women who served in to a bit of backstory, a romantic diversion or a joke.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
There’s the former Microsoft CEO who, in semi-retirement, has become one of the best decoders of the government’s spending regime.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
The first brain-to-speech decoder to work in a person with speech paralysis surfaced in 2021, offering a vocabulary of 50 words.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Dec. 2024
The Brits may showcase the various roles women played in the war — Bletchley decoders, WRNS, WAAFs and, of course, spies — but American screenwriters have mostly consigned the 150,000 women who served in to a bit of backstory, a romantic diversion or a joke.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
There’s the former Microsoft CEO who, in semi-retirement, has become one of the best decoders of the government’s spending regime.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
The first brain-to-speech decoder to work in a person with speech paralysis surfaced in 2021, offering a vocabulary of 50 words.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Decoder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decoder. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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