as in analyzes
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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Recent Examples of parses
Spark Atlas parses scripts into a database, linking dialogue, actions, and assets to story elements, effectively serving as an artist-friendly production backbone.
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Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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analyzes
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To train Voyager, researchers developed software that automatically analyzes existing videos to process camera movements and calculate depth for every frame—eliminating the need for humans to manually label thousands of hours of footage.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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Doctors can also take endometrial biopsies and hysteroscopies, which analyzes period tissue, and can help catch pre-cancer earlier.—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Parses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parses. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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