dissect
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The company tried to dissect the attack logs using proprietary AI models, but was unable to because of security guardrails, so instead turned to an open-weight model from a Chinese developer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
The way they dissect intricate moves and passing sequences; how Fernandes explains his thought process that led to Kobbie Mainoo's memorable second goal in the 2024 FA Cup final.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Denna asked “The author had some guesses, but that’s all. He couldn’t catch one to dissect it.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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She dissects those feelings of inadequacy with pitch-black humour on In My Room.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Jewelry historian Marion Fasel dissects famous diamond engagement rings, including a late 1400s Renaissance point-cut ring and the 2014 cushion-cut ring Dwyane Wade gave Gabrielle Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 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
The group dissects the photo’s cinematic, informal composition, in which Pildas aims down from a berm, the neglected buildings behind the eclectic crew shrinking into the horizon, merging with the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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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He dissected the Trojans’ defense to convert a crucial fourth down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
Joseph Fransen, the study’s chief author, told the Commission that he took inspiration from the federal government’s 9/11 after-action report, which dissected mistakes leading up to the terrorist attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ted was in his third year in pre-med, his choice, he told me, ever since he dissected a fetal pig in the sixth grade.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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"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
Leopold Aschenbrenner has attracted a cult following online, with fans dissecting his every move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
But investors were already dissecting the summations of the talks issued by the two countries afterward.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
He said the scent came from dissecting sharks and whales, from cutting away layers of blubber and plunging her hands inside the cavities of marine creatures that were twenty times her size.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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