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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Mail Ranking System Finally, some help parsing your inbox on iOS 27.
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Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
That’s a sharp increase, but Fed officials tend to parse the data in ways that make that effect look more muted.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 10 June 2026
There's a lot to parse, and not every change will impact every borrower.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 10 June 2026
But the overall message of the summit was, admittedly, a little hard to parse.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
That’s a sharp increase, but Fed officials tend to parse the data in ways that make that effect look more muted.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 10 June 2026
There's a lot to parse, and not every change will impact every borrower.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 10 June 2026
But the overall message of the summit was, admittedly, a little hard to parse.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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analyze
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In the study, which analyzed data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health collected between 2021 and 2024, researchers say that despite numerous state-level bans on kratom across the nation, its use is at an all-time high and is increasing.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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