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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Too close and too early to parse out.
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Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The project relied on individuals downloading a client program to their home PC designed to parse data passively collected by a 984-foot-wide radio telescope at the now-shuttered Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
Over the past decade, Williams slowly became a part of their lives, as all three shared the stories of their lives and asked each other questions that the other party found helpful in parsing out their difficulties.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
On my Google search page, there is an AI mode that will attempt to parse through the search results and actually give you the best answer to your query and not just return a list of links.
—Jim Rossman, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
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Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The project relied on individuals downloading a client program to their home PC designed to parse data passively collected by a 984-foot-wide radio telescope at the now-shuttered Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
Over the past decade, Williams slowly became a part of their lives, as all three shared the stories of their lives and asked each other questions that the other party found helpful in parsing out their difficulties.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
On my Google search page, there is an AI mode that will attempt to parse through the search results and actually give you the best answer to your query and not just return a list of links.
—Jim Rossman, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parse
analyze
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Grifters can be analyzed by affect (jolly, cold, angry, greedy, sad) and/or by gender.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Scott and other researchers analyzed more than 5 million health records from 2017 to 2024.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parse. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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