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
This includes parsing public-sector budgets to predict hiring trends in government, analyzing job postings on platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed to forecast future demand, and even tracking sentiment on professional networks to gauge worker confidence and potential attrition.
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Jeff Gapusan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Women are at much greater risk of dementia than men—as many as two-thirds of people in the US with Alzheimer’s disease are women—and likely for a mix of reasons that experts are still parsing out.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
Another challenge is parsing millions of pages of corporate documents to figure out what shareholders are actually being asked to decide.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet parsing the distinctions between Bluesky and X has a burgeoning air of futility.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Investors were parsing the latest retail earnings this morning.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Their strength lies in recognizing key words that signal action or reward, not in parsing the finer details of speech or grasping full sentences.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
At every part of the process of Hacks, the three of us are talking about it and parsing it out.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
While parsing the social and political context, the musical never loses sight of the protagonist and his wife, finding room for the heartbreaking personal side of an American tragedy that reveals the dark side of our collective past.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Jeff Gapusan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Women are at much greater risk of dementia than men—as many as two-thirds of people in the US with Alzheimer’s disease are women—and likely for a mix of reasons that experts are still parsing out.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
Another challenge is parsing millions of pages of corporate documents to figure out what shareholders are actually being asked to decide.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet parsing the distinctions between Bluesky and X has a burgeoning air of futility.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Investors were parsing the latest retail earnings this morning.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Their strength lies in recognizing key words that signal action or reward, not in parsing the finer details of speech or grasping full sentences.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
At every part of the process of Hacks, the three of us are talking about it and parsing it out.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
While parsing the social and political context, the musical never loses sight of the protagonist and his wife, finding room for the heartbreaking personal side of an American tragedy that reveals the dark side of our collective past.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
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In analyzing Charlotte’s guard-heavy roster, many pundits externally don’t view the Hornets’ frontline as a strength.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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