parsing

present participle of parse

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Recent Examples of parsing Then in early September, after parsing through trade and intelligence data, CBP officials discovered biodiesel shipments leaving from Port Everglades in Florida and the Port of Houston, en route to Havana, Homeland Security Investigations said. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Teams spent hours parsing documents only to discover misalignment late in the process. — Adam Feiner, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 In the process, Wang felt her own capacity for parsing data expand. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 But perhaps most alarming to Lines, ChatGPT’s memory feature seemed to build a psychiatric profile, allegedly parsing inputs related to his mental health conditions and then using that sensitive information to maximize his engagement. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 But with investors parsing over every data point in hopes of determining what the Fed might do next, at a time when the central bank itself is releasing less communication, the potential for volatility is high. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 But literacy researchers have long argued that literacy involves far more than reading novels or parsing Victorian prose. — Kathi Inman Berens, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026 Hirsch continued to plant, replant and reorient his vine rows for many years, parsing and isolating his mélange of soils. — Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Another challenge is that investors are having an increasingly difficult time parsing the White House’s policy strategies and their eventual implementation. — Geoffrey Morgan, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
Verb
  • Stolkier and his colleagues started analyzing their brain scan data to find out why.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Now the researchers working along SR 62 plan to go a step further by analyzing the location and DNA of dozens of poop samples for each species, before the crossings are built and after.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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