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dissection

[dih-sek-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈsɛk ʃən, daɪ- /




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Anderson’s niche of nostalgiacore is uniquely millennial: His generation can look in the rearview sooner than ever before and grew up with an incredible amount of targeted media that’s ripe for dissection.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

"This is a very significant finding; it is the first genetic dissection of Race 4 resistance from this wild subspecies."

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

The dynamic relationship of critique and metacritique, rational dissection and passionate assertion, made the Renaissance great.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Your screenplay’s dissection of our modern culture is so complex.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

To my everlasting delight, I had somehow managed to get Dorothy Plunk as my partner for the worm dissection.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam