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parse

[pahrs, pahrz] / pɑrs, pɑrz /




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And it might not be easy to parse out which employees would be best suited for these products.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Investors will also parse the summary of opinions from the BOJ’s latest meeting-at which it raised interest rates to a 31-year high of 1% to counter inflationary risks-due Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Investors will parse Kevin Warsh’s comments following his first meeting as chair, with analysts split over whether the Fed’s easing bias will be maintained.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

If a formal agreement is announced this shortened-trading week, investors will be eager to parse the details–especially around the Strait of Hormuz and how quickly it can be fully reopened to maritime traffic.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

It is also an act of courtesy, because consistent trees are easier to parse and harder to misunderstand.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

She can hear it in the audible gasps of onlookers as she parses a moment in the pandemic that they had forgotten.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2023

Even as the Fed parses the progress it has made on inflation, she said it would "stay the course."

From Reuters Jan. 19, 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

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

Still, Berkshire’s disclosures are widely parsed by market participants seeking insight into the decisions made by the company Buffett ran for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

The S&P 500 fell 1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.5% as investors parsed the latest tariff news out of Washington.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

As I parsed Latin sentences, I noted 03-01’s interest in my progress.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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

The phrase might also carry a double meaning, one Grohl is still parsing.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

The legal parsing of what technically violates a rule is not the same as the ethical question of what a Cabinet secretary should be doing with his time and public platform.

From Salon May 18, 2026

The first is to find the correct branches, a process called parsing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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