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Recent Examples of encrypt
Skip the bulky trackers that require you to download new apps, that don't encrypt your communications, and don’t make a sound when your belongings are detected.
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Shalwah Evans, People.com, 7 July 2025
The California Highway Patrol largely doesn’t encrypt day-to-day traffic.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
Your word processor can edit documents, and your image editor can touch up pictures, but a ransomware program that tries to encrypt those files gets blocked.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
Currently, most passwords, WhatsApp texts, financial transactions and other important messages are encrypted, which means they’re scrambled and can’t be read if the data is stolen or observed.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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Shalwah Evans, People.com, 7 July 2025
The California Highway Patrol largely doesn’t encrypt day-to-day traffic.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
Your word processor can edit documents, and your image editor can touch up pictures, but a ransomware program that tries to encrypt those files gets blocked.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
Currently, most passwords, WhatsApp texts, financial transactions and other important messages are encrypted, which means they’re scrambled and can’t be read if the data is stolen or observed.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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This overcoming is explicitly encoded in the liturgy: Receiving the Eucharist is a reunion with the body of Christ.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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The genes of many viruses are encoded in RNA, which was not studied during this project.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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What Is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding is a relatively new term that refers to writing software with the help of large language models.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Historical artifacts include an Enigma coding machine from the museum’s U-505 submarine.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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