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
By obtaining a spectrum from EGS-z11-R0—that is, by gathering and parsing its light into constituent colors, or wavelengths—the team also found evidence of carbon as another sign of galactic maturity.
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Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Graphic design and/or parsing rulebook minutiae are my passion.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Leadership means more than parsing language.
—Elliot Cosgrove, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
As a result, investors had been on edge all day, watching and parsing headlines to determine whether a pause would be announced or whether the war would escalate.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Political pundits are busy parsing the results from the Illinois primaries for a sense of where the Democratic electorate stands headed into this fall’s midterms.
—David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Sam tells him about Link being Dylan — one of those anomalies that surely all Paradise fans are going to be parsing through episodes for now.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
An army of amateur online sleuths has been parsing Burke’s lyrics, interviews and social media posts for clues, and the case has resulted in headlines in publications from the Los Angeles Times to the New York Post.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Traders have been parsing signals over whether Iran’s concessions over its nuclear ambitions will be enough to achieve a detente with the US.
—Alex Longley, Bloomberg, 24 Feb. 2026
Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Graphic design and/or parsing rulebook minutiae are my passion.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Leadership means more than parsing language.
—Elliot Cosgrove, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
As a result, investors had been on edge all day, watching and parsing headlines to determine whether a pause would be announced or whether the war would escalate.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Political pundits are busy parsing the results from the Illinois primaries for a sense of where the Democratic electorate stands headed into this fall’s midterms.
—David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Sam tells him about Link being Dylan — one of those anomalies that surely all Paradise fans are going to be parsing through episodes for now.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
An army of amateur online sleuths has been parsing Burke’s lyrics, interviews and social media posts for clues, and the case has resulted in headlines in publications from the Los Angeles Times to the New York Post.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Traders have been parsing signals over whether Iran’s concessions over its nuclear ambitions will be enough to achieve a detente with the US.
—Alex Longley, Bloomberg, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
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Fresh Take Florida reporters spent months analyzing a dataset of players in Florida who claimed big scratch-off prizes.—
Jack Jankowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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NewsNation reported in April that the FBI was analyzing new evidence that included hairs found in Guthrie's home, according to a source close to the investigation.—
Sarah Lapidus,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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