deconstruct

"One of Bevan's strengths was his debating skills and his ability to deconstruct arguments."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

This isn’t the kind of delicious, schadenfreude-dipped publishing-world drama about a bad art friend that other writers love to deconstruct in group texts.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

“It took me a long time to deconstruct my faith.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Mr. Enrigue feels called upon to deconstruct the genre of the western, even if that means undermining the excellent story in his own novel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

An older school of historians and philosophers took this framework for granted, while a newer school has wanted to debunk or deconstruct the concepts rather than explain their significance and trace their origin.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

To illustrate how essential bee pollination is to our food supply, Mr. Hanson deconstructs a Big Mac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Sam Adams deconstructs how The Lego Movie transformed the way Hollywood blockbusters are built.

From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024

Without needlessly mocking her earnest subject, Hess devastatingly deconstructs the culture of online fandom through the lens of an overpriced stationary bike’s LED display.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

A line of machines deconstructs polypropylene plastic from the backing layer of carpets, before creating pellets that can be used in new carpets, car body bumpers and storage containers.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

"I'm beginning to think you shouldn't have started reading comics with a book that completely deconstructs the last fifty years of the genre," he said.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

Fielder tells Holmes that he was reminded of the bit the day before, when Holmes tried to describe the science and intention of Theranos in front of its deconstructed prototype.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

A “hostility to the old Anglo-Saxon establishment,” Mr. Wooldridge writes, has meant traditional values are rejected wholesale and every intellectual discipline is deconstructed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Grammy-winning singers Chappell Roan and Lola Young attended Vivienne Westwood's show and were clearly inspired by the late designer's deconstructed boudoir look.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

As it hovers in the air above, we get to consider the two parts of this one-time whole and how the light changes inside this deconstructed space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Nan looked at the deconstructed bike and then back and forth between Abby and me.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Some popular videos depict Cliffe deconstructing a student’s shoddily constructed argument.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

A small team in the U.S. military’s research and engineering office put together plans to build an attack drone based on deconstructing a Shahed the military had recovered from Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

“I grew up deconstructing everything I was getting from the West, including Hollywood movies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Such images may infer that the director is deconstructing his work in one medium with another, but there was nothing so intentional on his mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025

My artwork isn’t evolving, it’s deconstructing, and I don’t know why.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman