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+**recognizedFields**
+
+- `recognizedFields` is a new field of `ParseOptions` which specifies the phrases that will be parsed as field
+  clauses. This field can be used wherever ParseOptions are exposed: in `Query.parse(terms, parseOptions)` and
+  in the `box` prop of `EuiSearchBar`.