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).
have analyzed
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present perfectof analyze.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A handful of academic studies have analyzed retail investor day trading, and the results don’t look too good for day traders.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
That is the view of several economists who have analyzed the potential impact of oil’s recent spike.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
I have analyzed data sets on longevity the world over and reviewed hundreds of clinical studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
My colleagues and I have analyzed millionaire taxes in New Jersey and California, the migration of Forbes billionaires globally and decades of IRS data tracing where Americans with million-dollar incomes live.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
Studies have been done, in fact, in which experts in a given field have analyzed such random phenomena and come up with cogent “explanations” for the patterns.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
