as in analyzing
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 parsing
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.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
And teenagers keep scanning and parsing Latin verbs about lust and betrayal, in conversation with one another and a poet who lived before the English language itself.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
After parsing through the details of Huang's remarks, analysts concluded that the statement signaled a meaningfully higher year by revenue in 2026 than Wall Street had previously expected.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
Lawyers have to build up their skill set by reading many cases, parsing laws, constructing arguments, etc.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Elite politics has become so opaque under his rule that pundits look for any clue for China’s direction – from parsing Xi’s words for their real meaning to assessing the color of his hair.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Few consumers relish the thought of reading a credit report, shopping for car insurance or parsing a bank statement.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Over sundry phone calls, Houlihan provided investment banking guidance to the family office investors, parsing the transactions’ pros and cons.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 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
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
And teenagers keep scanning and parsing Latin verbs about lust and betrayal, in conversation with one another and a poet who lived before the English language itself.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
After parsing through the details of Huang's remarks, analysts concluded that the statement signaled a meaningfully higher year by revenue in 2026 than Wall Street had previously expected.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
Lawyers have to build up their skill set by reading many cases, parsing laws, constructing arguments, etc.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Elite politics has become so opaque under his rule that pundits look for any clue for China’s direction – from parsing Xi’s words for their real meaning to assessing the color of his hair.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Few consumers relish the thought of reading a credit report, shopping for car insurance or parsing a bank statement.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Over sundry phone calls, Houlihan provided investment banking guidance to the family office investors, parsing the transactions’ pros and cons.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
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Cause of avalanche not immediately known Representatives from the Northwest Avalanche Center also responded to the scene to assist in analyzing the incident, according to the sheriff's office.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Kirk Herbstreit has spent the last three decades analyzing college football teams and games.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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