analyze
verb (used with object)
to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize).
had analyzed
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past perfectof analyze.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By 2023, Mr. Bessent had analyzed the looming presidential contest and determined that Mr. Trump was likely to return to the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Last week, county officials reported that they had analyzed a sample of 7,040 signatures, or 5% of the 140,774 submitted by the airline and hotel industry group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Finding lithium in the wastewater in Marcellus shale wasn't a surprise: Researchers had analyzed the water recycled in hydraulic fracking and knew that it picked up minerals and elements from the shale.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Munich police spokesman Sven Müller said the police had analyzed the material but found there was “no concrete threat.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
