dissect

Example Sentences

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The Supreme Court justices will now dissect the language and issue a decision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I spoke with a few coffee experts to dissect what “fibermaxxing” our coffee entails:

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

The KMI Panel meets every week to dissect each decision, from goals to penalties to red cards.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

How the Chargers can win: If Herbert has time, he should be able to dissect a suspect Cowboys secondary and relies heavily on zone coverage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

I would’ve vastly preferred to have disappeared in that moment; instead of getting on the phone I wanted to dissect this conversation somewhere else, somewhere by myself.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi