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
No one, perhaps, relishes the thought of combing through a credit report, shopping around for car insurance or parsing a bank statement.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Finding Credible Information In A Noisy World One of those skills has to do with parsing the authenticity of content of all kinds.
—Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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.
—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
Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Finding Credible Information In A Noisy World One of those skills has to do with parsing the authenticity of content of all kinds.
—Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
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Pennsylvania American Water is also collecting and analyzing additional water quality samples, including bacteria samples.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Future EVs may function as intelligent assistants, constantly analyzing conditions and offering guidance in the background.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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