as in to analyze
to understand something by considering it parts closely
I'm having trouble parsing your words—could you rephrase what you said? We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report.
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Editors’ Picks If the intention was hard to parse, so were the methods.
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German Lopez, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Practical Talmudists parsed the law and amalgamated the afternoon and the evening.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Hanks also tries to parse between fact and fiction in her mother’s diaries and family history, including a story about her maternal grandfather’s possible connection to a murder.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s this feeling that everyone in the restaurant is trying to parse the texture of this relationship.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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German Lopez, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Practical Talmudists parsed the law and amalgamated the afternoon and the evening.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Hanks also tries to parse between fact and fiction in her mother’s diaries and family history, including a story about her maternal grandfather’s possible connection to a murder.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s this feeling that everyone in the restaurant is trying to parse the texture of this relationship.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parse. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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