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
Critics accused Son of being too beguiled by charismatic founders rather than critically parsing financials.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Cursor said this will allow developers to spend less time editing files and parsing through code and more time focusing on questions of taste and judgement.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
There are two ways of parsing these results.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Synthetic parsing pipelines will emerge as the architectural norm.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
Lawyers have to build up their skill set by reading many cases, parsing laws, constructing arguments, etc.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Cursor said this will allow developers to spend less time editing files and parsing through code and more time focusing on questions of taste and judgement.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
There are two ways of parsing these results.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Synthetic parsing pipelines will emerge as the architectural norm.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
Lawyers have to build up their skill set by reading many cases, parsing laws, constructing arguments, etc.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
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To do so, the duo first had to quantify the effect in our own neighborhood, analyzing radio signals between Earth and space missions exploring our solar system.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Artificial intelligence has long been used in warfare for things like analyzing satellite imagery, detecting cyber threats and guiding missile-defense systems.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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