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as in nobody
a person of no importance or influence
it was either write the Great American Novel or be consigned to the status of a cipher in the annals of literature
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as in to figure
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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Recent Examples of cipher
Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Sofia starts as a character who is a little bit of a cipher.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Stephen Nash, New York Times, 25 July 2017
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Noun
The Zodiac Killer continued sending letters and ciphers to newspapers and law enforcement for years and has still never been caught.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Sofia starts as a character who is a little bit of a cipher.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
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
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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Kelce needn’t demonstrate expertise, and neither does the panel of celebrity-class obscurities: Nicole Byer, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ron Funches, Lala Kent, and Sophia Stallone, who each recall schoolroom nobodies.Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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The Cincinnati Fire Department's fire investigation unit has been tasked with figuring it out.Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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As Americans focus their attention on Tuesday’s election, weather experts are keeping a close eye on a low-pressure system in the western Caribbean that figures to impact the U.S. later this week, though to what extent remains uncertain.Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Photograph: Andrea Kane/Institute for Advanced Study This led her to the zeros of trace phi cubed.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Like Schrodinger's cat, qubits can be both ones and zeros at once, a property known as superposition.Anand Oswal, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
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The management fee is calculated as a percentage of the total net assets of UNG.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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As technology improved, scientists were better able to calculate Pluto’s mass, which prompted some astrophysicists to argue Pluto was not Planet X.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even more so than his loss was his ability to hang with one of the best lightweights in the game.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Max Holloway’s Plans Holloway said his plan is to compete as a lightweight in the summer of 2025.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Regardless, the computing world looks Apple’s way with every new generation of its M-series silicon, and Apple indeed continues to lead in a host of areas.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Apollo 11 Analogy: Maximizing Minimal Resources A compelling analogy for today’s quantum computing state is the Apollo 11 mission.Yuval Boger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Cipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cipher. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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