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deconstruct

verb as in dismantle internal structures

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Mind you, this is the same influencer who went viral for making a “deconstructed salad,” which is essentially a whole romaine leaf dressed in lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.

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With Club Gay Gardens, she and Torres sought to deconstruct that archetype.

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Vought’s long-term goals, he says, are to “bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will” and “deconstruct the administrative state.”

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For decades, Wylie Dufresne worked at the cutting edge of haute cuisine, dreaming up high-concept dishes like deconstructed eggs Benedict or cubes of aerated foie gras.

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

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