How to Use analyze in a Sentence

analyze

verb
  • Researchers are busy analyzing the results of the study.
  • We took the sample to be chemically analyzed by a lab.
  • The data was recorded and analyzed by computer.
  • The bacteria were analyzed under a powerful microscope.
  • {it}Ms. Magazine{/it}'s online daily weblog, written by Christine Cupaiuolo, analyzes the representation of women in media and popular culture. Here are excerpts from recent postings.
    Ms., Fall 2003
  • Biden signed in March, which requested that multiple agencies analyze the pros and cons of digital assets.
    Theara Coleman, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is slightly more recent than previous estimates for the mating.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The state uses data reported by districts and schools to analyze performance in several categories.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
  • This device fires a laser through the cable and analyzes the light that bounces back.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But when his team analyzed day-by-day photos of the same spot, the items velcroed to the wall hardly changed in those 60 days.
    Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • When something goes wrong in the spleen or the liver, doctors take a biopsy and analyze the tissue.
    Claudia Dreifus, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Use this time to analyze and reflect on your drinking habits.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Tanasi and his team scraped a sample of tiny particles from inside the vase to analyze.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The soldiers are robbed of their ability to analyze their fate.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Anderson says that cloud cover for this eclipse is among the lowest he’s analyzed over the last 45 years.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Palantir will help the NHS analyze data and spot trends, slashing wait times.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Engineers tested thrusters and analyzed data for over two months to track down the cause of the thrusters' failure.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
  • This should give you a sense of what types of data will be the most important for an audit team to collect and analyze.
    Jenny Herald, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The debris was to be analyzed by the U.S. and South Korean militaries.
    Kim Tong-Hyung, ajc, 17 June 2023
  • To test the screening tool, researchers analyzed blood samples from nearly 1,000 patients in the U.S. and Europe.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 May 2023
  • But that has been analyzed and dismissed by almost every economist and trade group in the country to look at it.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Back at the lab, El Albani and his team analyzed the glassy samples, made up of silica, albite, and iron chlorite.
    science.org, 3 July 2024
  • Patients who self-identified as Black made up 29% of the total dataset used to analyze the performance of the models.
    Ambar Castillo, STAT, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Later, with the NBA draft finally here, the guys take one last look at the draft board and analyze how important is this draft to the overall rebuild.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
  • To learn more, researchers will need to analyze trace elements in the new inclusion, Tschauner says.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Suns coach Monty Williams likes to analyze his team in 10-game increments.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Eight of the fish died, but after analyzing the data for the 11 surviving fish, the researchers saw some patterns emerge.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • For this concert, the interpreters received the setlist weeks in advance and have been analyzing the lyrics, music and attitude of the songs.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
  • Scientists analyzed the brains of people who speak English and Chinese, along with the brains of people who speak English and French.
    Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2023
  • After that, the president has 90 days to analyze the findings and 15 days to implement the policy.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024

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