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Recent Examples of encrypt
These services encrypt your data on your device before it is uploaded, which means the provider cannot read it or unlock it later.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Duo and Google Authenticator are both easy to use, free, and offer backup tools that store and encrypt your credentials.
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Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
In those cases, criminals break into a company, encrypt the data and demand a payment to unlock it.
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Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
Berkeley’s decision to fully encrypt has been influenced by multiple factors.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for encrypt
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Duo and Google Authenticator are both easy to use, free, and offer backup tools that store and encrypt your credentials.
—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
In those cases, criminals break into a company, encrypt the data and demand a payment to unlock it.
—
Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
Berkeley’s decision to fully encrypt has been influenced by multiple factors.
—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrypt
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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.
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Do the formal vocabularies that are supposed to encode my field actually capture how the people in it think?
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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.
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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).
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How the genes that encode those proteins are regulated depends on some of the genome that doesn’t code for proteins.
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The children of service business owners also grew up, learned how to code, and wanted to make an impact on their family business.
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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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