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
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.
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Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Discussions, on social media and among film critics, moved from obsessively parsing the story and its blockbuster appeal to debating what the movie means for Black film and Blackness writ large.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 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
Critics accused Son of being too beguiled by charismatic founders rather than critically parsing financials.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Cursor said this will allow developers to spend less time editing files and parsing through code and more time focusing on questions of taste and judgement.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
There are two ways of parsing these results.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Synthetic parsing pipelines will emerge as the architectural norm.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Discussions, on social media and among film critics, moved from obsessively parsing the story and its blockbuster appeal to debating what the movie means for Black film and Blackness writ large.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 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
Critics accused Son of being too beguiled by charismatic founders rather than critically parsing financials.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Cursor said this will allow developers to spend less time editing files and parsing through code and more time focusing on questions of taste and judgement.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
There are two ways of parsing these results.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Synthetic parsing pipelines will emerge as the architectural norm.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsing
analyzing
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In analyzing the cases of murder exonerees who sued, the Tribune found cases typically spawned roughly 300 docket entries and cost taxpayers nearly $900,000 in legal defense fees as the city often took the cases to the verge of trial before agreeing to pay.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Some have also pointed to the concept of DARVO, a manipulation tactic common in abusive relationships, when analyzing Paul.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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