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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Investors and journalists regularly parse his press conferences for hints about upcoming rate cuts or hikes, trying to get ahead of the market; even the suggestion of a pause or a pivot can set off rallies or selloffs on Wall Street.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
By Monday afternoon, Mike Vrabel’s assistants will have parsed through every play.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
This includes parsing public-sector budgets to predict hiring trends in government, analyzing job postings on platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed to forecast future demand, and even tracking sentiment on professional networks to gauge worker confidence and potential attrition.
—Jeff Gapusan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Women are at much greater risk of dementia than men—as many as two-thirds of people in the US with Alzheimer’s disease are women—and likely for a mix of reasons that experts are still parsing out.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
By Monday afternoon, Mike Vrabel’s assistants will have parsed through every play.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
This includes parsing public-sector budgets to predict hiring trends in government, analyzing job postings on platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed to forecast future demand, and even tracking sentiment on professional networks to gauge worker confidence and potential attrition.
—Jeff Gapusan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Women are at much greater risk of dementia than men—as many as two-thirds of people in the US with Alzheimer’s disease are women—and likely for a mix of reasons that experts are still parsing out.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parse
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Impact Social analyzed social media discussion about each candidate in the race, which revealed that Spanberger has a net sentiment of -28, while Earle-Sears’ sentiment is +18.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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At Free Float Analytics, an independent research firm that studies boards and executive leaders, analysts Matt Moscardi and Damion Rallis have also analyzed women in the C-suite and on the boards of the many companies going public this year.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parse. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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