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[pahrs, pahrz] / pɑrs, pɑrz /




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The models also struggled to parse negation correctly, as in “take with food” versus “don’t take with food.”

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

For example, GPT-6 Astra was found to ask the right questions to parse the situations being discussed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

My English teachers and literature professors were probably too tired to parse such nuance, and I don’t blame them.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Conceived together, these sections parse examples from socialist history and form connections between the past and present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Zeitoun was deeply suspicious, still trying to parse how this man had ended up in their cage, and what his intentions might be.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Bank of America parses its customers’ bank and credit card accounts to see who is receiving wages or unemployment benefits to gauge the state of the labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Rebecca Onion parses the book for clues that could explain the film’s cryptic ending.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023

A good debate — or one that’s worth its while — illuminates issues, parses differences and sheds light on the persona of its participants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Throughout the album, which arrived in January, Wolf parses the past by mulling how others used to treat her and how she felt about herself.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023

"The rover currently parses the signal into bytes, then identifies the specific sequence the Hab sends. That way, natural radio waves won't throw off the homing. If the bytes aren't right, the rover ignores them."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar as traders parsed the U.S.’s new measures on Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The LAPD’s Nike case has been parsed in the online sneakerhead community, with questions raised about how much local dealers knew — or should have known — about the origins of their merchandise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

For his part, Thomas writes as though history resides principally in legal texts, 19th-century dictionaries, and carefully parsed debates over sovereignty.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Yardeni and his team parsed the official data released monthly by the Treasury Department, and found that foreign investors poured more than $1.4 trillion into U.S. assets during the 12 months through April 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026

Suppose a reader has successfully parsed a sentence and now has an understanding of who did what to whom or what is true of what.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The picture shocked Al-Drimly, triggering emotions he was still parsing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Over the summer, European officials based in Kyiv have been parsing the budget data with the government there to make their own assessment of what is missing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

For investors parsing the regulatory filings, these industry trends supporting the stock carry far more weight than a few automated transactions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Eastern Daylight Time, is worth quoting and parsing:

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

If a command was too complex, the game’s simple parsing engine wouldn’t be able to understand it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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