as in dissecting
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
analyze the park's ecosystem before deciding whether hunting should be allowed
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Recent Examples of analyzing
The New York attorney general’s office, for example, publishes an annual report analyzing hundreds of nonprofit fundraising campaigns.
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Sarah Webber, Fortune, 24 May 2026
The Evangelistas are no strangers to analyzing cases.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Get in the habit of analyzing outputs, reflecting on larger implications, spotting assumptions, and verifying facts and sources.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
But 11% of the patients on the highest dose discontinued due to adverse events, and when analyzing all patients, including those who discontinued, the efficacy was 25%.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 21 May 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
By analyzing a full year’s worth of data, the annual report helps identify long-term trends, environmental conditions, and persistent pollution sources that affect public health, said Meurice.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Some tools, like Face2social, go a step further by analyzing facial features rather than just matching similar images.
—William Jones, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Researchers have advanced the study of late-medieval mercury treatments by analyzing concentrations in dental calculus instead of bone for the first time.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Sarah Webber, Fortune, 24 May 2026
The Evangelistas are no strangers to analyzing cases.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Get in the habit of analyzing outputs, reflecting on larger implications, spotting assumptions, and verifying facts and sources.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
But 11% of the patients on the highest dose discontinued due to adverse events, and when analyzing all patients, including those who discontinued, the efficacy was 25%.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 21 May 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
By analyzing a full year’s worth of data, the annual report helps identify long-term trends, environmental conditions, and persistent pollution sources that affect public health, said Meurice.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Some tools, like Face2social, go a step further by analyzing facial features rather than just matching similar images.
—William Jones, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Researchers have advanced the study of late-medieval mercury treatments by analyzing concentrations in dental calculus instead of bone for the first time.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analyzing
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Not just beat reporters, mind you, but fan sites, Substacks, podcasts and YouTube channels, all of which spend eight months dissecting every name at every position — a media climate befitting modern college football.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Teams spent several months scouting, interviewing, dissecting each player’s physical skills and character before the draft.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Analysts examining bourbon trends in 2026 note that the industry is moving from a period of scarcity and boom to one defined by oversupply.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Schafer said his organization conducted a study examining Iranian accounts on the social media platform X in the 50 days after the war began and found there was a thirtyfold increase in the number of views and likes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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But assessing how the rocket and satellite maker stacks up against other companies right now is ultimately a pretty silly exercise — and one that isn’t rooted in the actual promise of what buying shares in SpaceX today will yield in the future.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
23 May 2026
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Investors are assessing elevated bond yields and inflationary pressures, as global government bonds continue to come under pressure.—
Joseph Wilkins,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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Trump may also be extrapolating from his first term, and especially his first impeachment, when people in the government blew the whistle on his attempts to blackmail Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and his family.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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Only last year, at one of Edinburgh Film Festival’s keynote sessions, Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald reflected on filming 2009 political thriller State of Play, in which Crowe played a journalist investigating the suspicious death of the assistant and mistress of a Congressman.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2026
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Instead of diagnosing engagement, design for it.—
Jo Self,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Still, diagnosing Grok’s troubles on benchmarks alone may be a fool’s errand.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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Understanding the distinction between nominal and real yields is essential to evaluating whether an investment truly accomplishes this goal.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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To that end, the Sun Sentinel reached out to a long-time NBA scout whose job for decades has been evaluating such talent.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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