1
as in investigation
the separation and identification of the parts of a whole
investigators took the mysterious powder to the lab for analysis
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as in commentary
a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)
gave a thorough analysis of the main character's motives
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Recent Examples of analysis
In the Zarutska case, every demographic supported the use of the death penalty, said Rasmussen’s analysis.
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Kshatriya told employees that NASA needs to shift its internal culture from analysis to action.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The shoddy work and questionable conclusions of that report were so extensive that an analysis of it required over 450 pages to detail all of its shortcomings.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
In the weeks since Israel announced plans to take over Gaza City, the Israeli military has destroyed or damaged more than 1,800 buildings in and around the city, CNN analysis has found.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Kshatriya told employees that NASA needs to shift its internal culture from analysis to action.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The shoddy work and questionable conclusions of that report were so extensive that an analysis of it required over 450 pages to detail all of its shortcomings.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
In the weeks since Israel announced plans to take over Gaza City, the Israeli military has destroyed or damaged more than 1,800 buildings in and around the city, CNN analysis has found.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analysis
Noun
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The agency announced the reward on Thursday shortly after releasing two images of the person of interest in the investigation.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Beau Mason, Commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, gave a timeline of the investigation at a press conference earlier on Thursday.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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An outer wall of the exhibit includes commentary through the centuries from great poets and scholars about the awe-inspiring site.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Sep. 2025
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Investigators have interviewed multiple former Esparto fire chiefs and searched reams of department documents going back decades to look for fire permits, building plans and inspection records.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The company provides process control and yield management solutions for semiconductor industries, including defect inspection, metrology (the science of measurement), process monitoring, computational lithography, and data analytics products.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Notable Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase revealed that she was fined by the league after her comments regarding Game 1’s officiating.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps turning the win a bit sour at the end of the game, in the fourth quarter, a Fever fan was escorted out of the arena for comments directed at Gray.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The assessment was first reported by the Washington Post.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Defensive assessment The Horned Frogs’ defense did what it was supposed to most of the night against Abilene Christian, but the performance still left something to be desired.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other than in the Second Circuit, the federal courts of appeals generally have interpreted the Confrontation Clause to require face-to-face cross examination, and counsel should be wary of giving up that important right.—
Robert Anello,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The subcommittee heard their statements as part of an examination of a purportedly secret UFO retrieval program managed by the Pentagon.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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On July 28, a judge ordered Brown to get a forensic evaluation after Brown’s public defender questioned Brown’s capacity in a motion.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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These graphs not only support debugging but also inform model evaluation, versioning and agent performance monitoring.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ritter died in 2003 of an aortic dissection, and the gala will benefit the continuing work of the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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While first assumed to be suffering a heart attack, it was later revealed to be aortic dissection.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Analysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analysis. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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