parse
verb (used with object)
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
have parsed
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present perfectof parse.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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Online fanatics of true crime have parsed through information about the Nancy Guthrie case, filling in the limited details with rumor, innuendo and conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Online, true crime fanatics have parsed through information about the case — filling in the limited details with rumor, innuendo and sometimes downright conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Few Americans have parsed Russian propaganda on its various platforms like Maxim Pozdorovkin.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
For as long as Mr. Trump has occupied the Oval Office, trade experts have parsed his often contradictory words and actions for clues to his real policy aims and beliefs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
Why, I will wager my head that you have parsed from them a thousand times!
From Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
