PARSING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

parsing

verb

present participle of parse

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 In our case, that involves parsing legal agreements clause by clause and enriching each clause with plain-English explanations, risk scores and preapproved alternatives. — Robert Scott, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Then in early September, after parsing through trade and intelligence data, CBP officials discovered biodiesel shipments leaving from Port Everglades in Florida and the Port of Houston, en route to Havana, Homeland Security Investigations said. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 In the process, Wang felt her own capacity for parsing data expand. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 But perhaps most alarming to Lines, ChatGPT’s memory feature seemed to build a psychiatric profile, allegedly parsing inputs related to his mental health conditions and then using that sensitive information to maximize his engagement. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 But with investors parsing over every data point in hopes of determining what the Fed might do next, at a time when the central bank itself is releasing less communication, the potential for volatility is high. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 But literacy researchers have long argued that literacy involves far more than reading novels or parsing Victorian prose. — Kathi Inman Berens, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026 Hirsch continued to plant, replant and reorient his vine rows for many years, parsing and isolating his mélange of soils. — Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Another challenge is that investors are having an increasingly difficult time parsing the White House’s policy strategies and their eventual implementation. — Geoffrey Morgan, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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The terminology shift arrives as NASA continues expanding its use of AI across missions and research programs, from autonomous Mars rover navigation to models capable of analyzing enormous amounts of scientific data.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Next, Hollands is planning to keep analyzing more white dwarf star spectra, with advances in scientific techniques meaning that researchers will be able to look at a new tranche of stars that are even farther away from Earth.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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