dissect
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Some are by amateur forensic analysts and would-be internet sleuths with podcast names like The Murder Men that dissect the killing as if it’s a 1980s cold case.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Voters, he said, don’t dissect candidates’ identities and attributes the way political professionals do.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
One is that the market is slow to react to pure news that has “high quantitative intensity” — articles that dissect a company’s income or balance sheet, for example.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026
And it’s Henry who’s the star of this outfit, almost always the first to dissect whatever just happened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Or he could’ve called a biologist to dissect it,” I said.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
To reveal how all production processes work and illuminate the choreography of efficiency, “Origins” dissects a variety of examples, including the early production of nails, books, lightbulbs and cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Like any kind of fandom, HahaYes dissects each and every seemingly meaningless Musk tweet, searching desperately for hidden meaning to a point of near-delusion.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
Enid’s sympathy is strong, but her class allegiance is stronger, setting up an intriguing character study that takes us into the heart of the societal dilemma Galsworthy diligently dissects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
He has impressed with the way he dissects football and thinks about the game, but also sometimes comes off as easily irritable.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
Not that she dissects and ponders the dusty mechanical bits of her miserable life’s curse.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Scientists observed oysters in glass vats, dissected their innards and studied their anatomy under microscopes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The German creator of the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibitions of dissected human and animal bodies, Gunther von Hagens, has died at age 81, his family said Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Gunther von Hagens, the creator of the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibitions where dissected human and animal bodies were displayed, has died at the age of 81, according to his family.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The bodies of women were sometimes dissected but rarely reported.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
By Monday morning—the day after he dissected Monkey 053—Dan Dalgard had decided to bring the problem with his monkeys to the attention of usamriid, at Fort Detrick.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Before dissecting a scene, Dalton studies the character within the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Built around chopped-up guitar samples and acid-burned melodies, it finds the star dissecting her relationship to art and fame after Brat transformed her from cult favourite to mainstream star.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Leopold Aschenbrenner has attracted a cult following online, with fans dissecting his every move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But investors were already dissecting the summations of the talks issued by the two countries afterward.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
“Both are way more practical than dissecting literary symbolism.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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