deconstruct
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"One of Bevan's strengths was his debating skills and his ability to deconstruct arguments."
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mars took our familiarity with the material as an opportunity to deconstruct “When I Was Your Man,” turning over each part of the song to show us the emotional conviction it requires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Instead, think only of the 10 to the 53rd power artificial humans who may or may not come into existence on Venus in 10,000 years, when we deconstruct it and turn it into computronium.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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
It’s there that they deconstruct me, study me, and rebuild me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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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
There’s a breathless monologue in which Mason deconstructs the art of baseball as “the perfect metaphor for hope in a democratic society.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
It deconstructs the artifice of a rock show, making The 1975 seem more human - but equally, it deflates the excitement of watching a band in full flow.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Sam Adams deconstructs how The Lego Movie transformed the way Hollywood blockbusters are built.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024
"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
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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
America's basketball fad had been swiftly deconstructed, repurposed.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He envisions a solution whereby the airport is deconstructed and scattered across its nearest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
On the other hand, Adams possessed a congenital affinity for deconstructed interpretations of history, of his own life, indeed of practically everything.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Some popular videos depict Cliffe deconstructing a student’s shoddily constructed argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
We like deconstructing it as fans of film and television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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
Instead of deconstructing education, his education appointees could rebuild it through more relevant and exciting curricula with practical applications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
My artwork isn’t evolving, it’s deconstructing, and I don’t know why.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Media Literacy - High School
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