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dissect

[dih-sekt, dahy-] / dɪˈsɛkt, daɪ- /




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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

Commentators spend time trying to dissect the reactions of those within it.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The only time I jumped was when I leaned my elbow on Buddy's cadaver's stomach to watch him dissect a lung.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

In some news conferences, Glasner confidently dissects opposition tactics to the media - even doing so when his side faced Manchester City and Pep Guardiola in December.

From BBC May 17, 2025

Not that she dissects and ponders the dusty mechanical bits of her miserable life’s curse.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

The merits or otherwise of these opinions will now be dissected and analysed - and Carrick knows it.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Joseph Fransen, the study’s chief author, told the Commission that he took inspiration from the federal government’s 9/11 after-action report, which dissected mistakes leading up to the terrorist attack.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 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

But his defiance prompted a lengthy news cycle in which the 72-year-old coach was cooked on social media, his actions dissected under umbrellas of sportsmanship, race, and mansplaining.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 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

“You labor in a torture-chamber and dissecting room, I make my observations under the blue sky.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

But investors were already dissecting the summations of the talks issued by the two countries afterward.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

The win once again silenced critics who have spent years dissecting the character of Dubois as much as his boxing ability.

From BBC May 10, 2026

He even imagines a local doctor dissecting the chigger, the smallest creature visible to the human eye—and thus of course impossible to dissect.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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