deconstruct

This isn’t the kind of delicious, schadenfreude-dipped publishing-world drama about a bad art friend that other writers love to deconstruct in group texts.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 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 was shut down in 2022 and sold to Holtec, which was expected to deconstruct the buildings and store the nuclear waste.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

“The fact the tariffs have come down is giving retailers pause when they consider a deconstruct, as they have to balance ‘shelf appeal’ against value or cost increases,” Foreman said.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

Without saying a word to one another, we started to deconstruct each of our city sections by chunks and bricks.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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

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

Without needlessly mocking her earnest subject, Hess devastatingly deconstructs the culture of online fandom through the lens of an overpriced stationary bike’s LED display.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

"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

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

The museum has deconstructed the traditional, boxy narrative of art history and rendered the story itself a matter of curves and continuities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

When the world order they were constructed within is deconstructing in dramatic fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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

“I grew up deconstructing everything I was getting from the West, including Hollywood movies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Ms Beer said her hearing loss and the music she created as a result of it was helping to raise awareness of environmental issues, as well as deconstructing stereotypes about disability.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024

Whenever she was really scared or freaking out, the same thing always happened: she began to dissociate, reality loosening around her like a hammock deconstructing itself, spilling her out into sands of nothingness.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi