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
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
"His match plans always worked. He would dissect the opponents and always find solutions with his analysis. It was phenomenal," he told Spox.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
They dissect her appeal to the many groups—from Surrealists and feminists to the LGBTQ+ community and the disabled—who since the 1930s have embraced her as one of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
The boy strode to the kitchen before Butler’s gaze could dissect him.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Graham Greene dissects the human heart, laying bare its irreconcilable contradictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 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
Meredith Lynch, a Los Angeles native, writer and influencer who frequently dissects influencer culture online, says the Beverly Hills location, in particular, has become a stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 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
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Ford made their name with the micro-indie, micro-focused “Test Pattern,” an act of upending as it dissected an interracial relationship’s fault lines in a moment of crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The researchers dissected the sharks' eyes and preserved them in a fixative solution so they could later be studied.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The merits or otherwise of these opinions will now be dissected and analysed - and Carrick knows it.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Scientists observed oysters in glass vats, dissected their innards and studied their anatomy under microscopes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In a single Florence winter, he once dissected twenty bodies.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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This week, my feed was flooded with people dissecting the trailer and early coverage surrounding the upcoming documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, “You Can See Everything,” co-directed by comedian Nathan Fielder and filmmaker Lance Oppenheim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"By dissecting which immune cells are involved and how they coordinate the response, we're offering vaccine developers some additional mechanistic insights to consider in their goal of optimizing these vaccines against tumor proteins."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Democratic Party found itself trapped in a similar dynamic earlier this month, when the Democratic National Committee released a long-awaited, 192-page report dissecting the 2024 loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Her latest single, Praying Mantis, which released this week, has once again made her a talking point, with fans dissecting the dark, hypnotic track online.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
I pop a few grapes in my mouth and hold out a study sheet dissecting the branches of the government.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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