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dismantle

[dis-man-tl] / dɪsˈmæn tl /


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In April, the government shared their update of the Women's Health Strategy, when Health Secretary Wes Streeting said they wanted to "dismantle the culture and ingrained behaviours that allow medical misogyny to fester and grow".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

“What we have invented is very dangerous but we can dismantle it,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In an X post on Friday, Petro voiced his willingness to resume negotiations: "If the ELN decides to work with us to dismantle illicit economies, new paths to peace will open up again."

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

With four sympathetic votes, Wilcox said, the board could take dramatic steps to dismantle the institution’s traditional structure, potentially including attempts to remove regional reserve bank presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

We will learn every lesson of accent and idiom, we will dismantle every last pretense and practice you hold, noble as well as ruinous.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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