dissect
Example Sentences
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In her mind, both “Zama” and “Our Land” come from the same impulse to dissect colonialism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Within that is a highly opinionated core who gather online to dissect everything from clue construction to player etiquette.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The kids took to TikTok and Instagram to dissect every awful thing Banks and the rest did in the name of goosing ratings, with many wondering why its audience barely blinked at its endless exploitation.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
I had to dissect that because it was kind of unreal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
He even imagines a local doctor dissecting the chigger, the smallest creature visible to the human eye—and thus of course impossible to dissect.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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