as in to dissect
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
analyze the park's ecosystem before deciding whether hunting should be allowed
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Recent Examples of analyze
His teacher quickly got her students analyzing the poems of William Blake.
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Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2025
To make sense of the recurring post-hurricane peaks, Cabrera and colleagues analyzed how butterfly numbers varied with precipitation, wind speed, temperature and other meteorological variables.
—Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
By analyzing these inputs, the AI crafts compositions that align with the content’s emotional tone and structure.
—Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Today, many funds and banks leverage machine learning algorithms to help analyze creditworthiness and business potential in a matter of days—or even hours.
—Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2025
To make sense of the recurring post-hurricane peaks, Cabrera and colleagues analyzed how butterfly numbers varied with precipitation, wind speed, temperature and other meteorological variables.
—Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
By analyzing these inputs, the AI crafts compositions that align with the content’s emotional tone and structure.
—Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Today, many funds and banks leverage machine learning algorithms to help analyze creditworthiness and business potential in a matter of days—or even hours.
—Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analyze
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Androgyny plays a factor in Martine Rose, while femininity is dissected through an unabashed use of color and volume in all of Christopher John Rogers’s collections.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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It has been dissected in many an op-ed or BuzzFeed breakdown, received plenty of TikTok love, and, of course, rose to millennial meme fame.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Investigators also examined two exemplar helicopters, according to the statement.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Forensic investigators will examine the findings for signs of trauma, injury and a cause of death.—
Dawn Klavon,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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In December, 2021, the F.D.A. had lifted its requirement that mifepristone be prescribed in person; the number of virtual clinics, which assess a patient’s eligibility online or by phone, and mail out the medications, proliferated.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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For taxpayers who owe and do not pay by the due date, a separate failure-to-pay penalty of 0.5 percent per month is assessed.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The lawmakers last month pressed the watchdog to investigate after Reuters and other media reported DOGE's arrival and other major changes at the regulator, which oversees U.S. capital markets.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 1976, the disease detectives were sent to investigate an outbreak in Philadelphia of a mysterious deadly illness.—
Casey Luc,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The cafe permit request is being evaluated this spring by the state liquor control commission, while the town’s planning and zoning commission has set a June 5 public hearing on Tranquillity’s proposal to establish a gravel parking lot for more than 90 cars.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Pentagon's acting Inspector General Steven Stebbins is evaluating Hegseth's use of Signal to determine whether classified information was shared in the initial group chat.—
Destinee Adams,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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According to a nationwide survey conducted in 2022 across 16 localities in the U.S., one in 31 children studied had been diagnosed with autism.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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Four years ago, she was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic disorder that causes central vision loss.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Analyze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analyze. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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