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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That’s part of the point, of course—Hedda isn’t supposed to be easy to parse.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Live Translation comes to Messages, FaceTime, and the Phone app, for text and audio translation, and shortcuts can now include intelligent actions that automate specific processes with Apple Intelligence capabilities, like parsing information from a file whenever it's dropped in a certain folder.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Outside chats with the lead researcher and a sleep doctor to parse out what the study's results mean for your overall health and performance.
—Emma Loewe, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
But the Hungarian novelist’s central theme is easily parsed and sadly evergreen.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Live Translation comes to Messages, FaceTime, and the Phone app, for text and audio translation, and shortcuts can now include intelligent actions that automate specific processes with Apple Intelligence capabilities, like parsing information from a file whenever it's dropped in a certain folder.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Outside chats with the lead researcher and a sleep doctor to parse out what the study's results mean for your overall health and performance.
—Emma Loewe, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
But the Hungarian novelist’s central theme is easily parsed and sadly evergreen.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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analyze
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Tools can track a worker’s every keystroke and mouse movement and analyze his or her emails.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to Google, Gemini analyzes data on 250 million places and compares it with Street View images to find the most visible and useful landmarks.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parse. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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