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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Here’s a rundown on the new lingo, complete with examples a millennial can parse.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
At every part of the process of Hacks, the three of us are talking about it and parsing it out.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Those two things made the crime scene so hard to parse.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
Investors have been parsing the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
At every part of the process of Hacks, the three of us are talking about it and parsing it out.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Those two things made the crime scene so hard to parse.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
Investors have been parsing the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
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analyze
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Inside Elections, a nonpartisan group that analyzes political races, says races for eight GOP House incumbents are toss-ups.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Eventually, the team took another look at the Pando frog specimens, analyzing their DNA and comparing them to other species.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parse. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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