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 because language and sequencing is everything; every last word will be parsed and debated; every connection between one element and another scrutinized.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Companies have been trying to parse what exactly the president might have meant with his remark, and whether and how the administration could retaliate against them for moving through the process.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,megan Cassella, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Killelea and other health insurance experts say that the fine print on these plans can be difficult to parse and that enrollees don't have the protections of traditional insurance to fall back on.
—Sarah Kwon, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Many industry leaders speak regularly to WWD reporters, going over their latest quarter to parse spending patterns, trends and more.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Companies have been trying to parse what exactly the president might have meant with his remark, and whether and how the administration could retaliate against them for moving through the process.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,megan Cassella, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Killelea and other health insurance experts say that the fine print on these plans can be difficult to parse and that enrollees don't have the protections of traditional insurance to fall back on.
—Sarah Kwon, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Many industry leaders speak regularly to WWD reporters, going over their latest quarter to parse spending patterns, trends and more.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parse
analyze
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Her team analyzed hundreds of Reddit posts from 2020 through last August and identified frequent mentions of drug reactions and user errors, such as patients’ not knowing how to correctly dose and inject the medication.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parse. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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