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
Few Americans have parsed Russian propaganda on its various platforms like Maxim Pozdorovkin.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
Bodybuilders and nutrition fanatics have parsed their relative merits in minute detail.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2018
Historians have parsed the rise of Hitler over decades: i.e., how could such a cultured, advanced people have voted for a "vile demagogue?"
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
Why, I will wager my head that you have parsed from them a thousand times!
From Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
