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
Although further studies – such as carbon dating – are needed to determine its exact age, the team estimated the crater’s formation period by analyzing its geological structure and the extent of erosion.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The researchers found the pathogens — Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis, bacteria that cause paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, respectively — by analyzing teeth from the fallen soldiers who were found in a mass grave uncovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
As Vice Chair of the IEEE Quantum Computing Standards Project, she’s involved in setting global frameworks and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of new applications for groundbreaking technology.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
But this is what a new report has found, analyzing 23 popular protein supplements on US shelves.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an opportunity to potentially improve or possibly save human lives.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
By analyzing grocery orders that included candy throughout the year, Instacart uncovered each state’s top Halloween picks.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Students were encouraged to learn civics through memorizing, reciting, summarizing and applying information, rather than through analyzing and evaluating information, investigating civic issues or engaging in civic action projects.
—Robert Maloy, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The researchers found the pathogens — Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis, bacteria that cause paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, respectively — by analyzing teeth from the fallen soldiers who were found in a mass grave uncovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
As Vice Chair of the IEEE Quantum Computing Standards Project, she’s involved in setting global frameworks and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of new applications for groundbreaking technology.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
But this is what a new report has found, analyzing 23 popular protein supplements on US shelves.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an opportunity to potentially improve or possibly save human lives.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
By analyzing grocery orders that included candy throughout the year, Instacart uncovered each state’s top Halloween picks.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Students were encouraged to learn civics through memorizing, reciting, summarizing and applying information, rather than through analyzing and evaluating information, investigating civic issues or engaging in civic action projects.
—Robert Maloy, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analyzing
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The Miami Herald spent more than two years dissecting the 2022 boat crash that killed 17-year-old Luciana ‘Lucy’ Fernandez and critically injured Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mbeumo misplaces a pass as United attack and his family groan before dissecting the move.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Parente claims he has been blocked from fully examining the vehicle since it was returned.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Blue Moon is the other side of the idiosyncratic-artist coin, examining not the airy start of something major but a man bereft of his best collaborator.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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My starting point when assessing allegations of huge conspiracies is that secrets become exponentially harder to keep for every extra person who knows about them.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Once the threat level jumps to Defcon 1, so does the movie, and the cross-cutting between various parties issuing emergency orders and assessing the situation in terse acronym-heavy jargon begins in earnest.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Texas Attorney General’s antitrust division is investigating anticompetitive business practices in youth hockey, USA TODAY has learned.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Joe springs into action to help, but Zoë is skeptical, believing the explosion isn't worth investigating.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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After possibly allowing the opening touchdown to Browns tight end Harold Fannin, Spillane was everywhere; diagnosing run plays, discouraging throws and snagging an interception in the second half.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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And much evidence shows that increases in the diagnostic prevalence can be attributed to diagnosing milder cases that may have been missed previously.—
Carol Mathews,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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But for years, the program had no way of evaluating their effectiveness.—
Chris Dovi,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Also, is there anyone on staff who would even be worth evaluating as a head coach?—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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