encrypt

Definition of encryptnext

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for encrypt
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  • With minor variations, everything uses the same sets of three DNA bases to encode the same 20 amino acids.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The technique used to measure the singularities’ velocity could open the door to studying other tiny, fast phenomena in physics, chemistry and biology—or perhaps to find new ways to encode quantum information in materials, according to the researchers.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
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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
  • An Enigma ciphering machine that was donated to the museum by telecommunications company SIRTI.Photo: Cantalupi, Pavia One of the artifacts from SIRTI collection was a German ciphering machine used in World War II, an Enigma, Savini says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2020
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  • Is learning to code on your bucket list?
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 May 2026
  • Programmers had to find ways to code equations as efficiently as possible.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026

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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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