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
While parsing the social and political context, the musical never loses sight of the protagonist and his wife, finding room for the heartbreaking personal side of an American tragedy that reveals the dark side of our collective past.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
However, the phone had trouble parsing an audio memo about planning a vacation, which resulted in a vague checklist.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Much can be gleaned about the attractions of this ideology to many of those in power from simply parsing the name of the movement.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Traditional honeypots are invisible links that human visitors can't see but bots parsing HTML code might follow.
—Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
However, it has no longer been maintained for Rust, forcing developers to rely on combinations of different crates and custom parsing logic to achieve similar functionality.
—Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Investors are also parsing through soft economic data and constantly changing news around tariff and trade policies.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
Liu and Takeda are adept at parsing out all these complex social realities through their supernatural lens (thereby carving out an accessible pathway for readers to navigate).
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Chris is a brilliant forensic accountant capable of parsing weeks worth of complicated bookkeeping in a night, and spotting patterns others have missed.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
However, the phone had trouble parsing an audio memo about planning a vacation, which resulted in a vague checklist.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Much can be gleaned about the attractions of this ideology to many of those in power from simply parsing the name of the movement.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Traditional honeypots are invisible links that human visitors can't see but bots parsing HTML code might follow.
—Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
However, it has no longer been maintained for Rust, forcing developers to rely on combinations of different crates and custom parsing logic to achieve similar functionality.
—Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Investors are also parsing through soft economic data and constantly changing news around tariff and trade policies.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
Liu and Takeda are adept at parsing out all these complex social realities through their supernatural lens (thereby carving out an accessible pathway for readers to navigate).
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Chris is a brilliant forensic accountant capable of parsing weeks worth of complicated bookkeeping in a night, and spotting patterns others have missed.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Parsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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