deconstruct
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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
“So let’s deconstruct this Bronx trip,” Mr. Ali announced all of a sudden.
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
There’s a breathless monologue in which Mason deconstructs the art of baseball as “the perfect metaphor for hope in a democratic society.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
Sam Adams deconstructs how The Lego Movie transformed the way Hollywood blockbusters are built.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2024
A line of machines deconstructs polypropylene plastic from the backing layer of carpets, before creating pellets that can be used in new carpets, car body bumpers and storage containers.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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
As a result, a visitor can easily feel disoriented, or in my case, a touch deconstructed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
He envisions a solution whereby the airport is deconstructed and scattered across its nearest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Travel by 2046 is expected to feature personal AI agents managing trips, deconstructed airports, and biometric security replacing document checks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
To highlight this concern, Colas deconstructed the nominal daily 5-year U.S.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Nan looked at the deconstructed bike and then back and forth between Abby and me.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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
Clearly, something about his savvy with deconstructing R&B vocals and evocative, just-at-the-edge-of-underground productions is still resonating with the industry more broadly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
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
My artwork isn’t evolving, it’s deconstructing, and I don’t know why.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Media Literacy - High School
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