How to Use dissection in a Sentence
dissection
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What dissection gives them is an idea of how deep things are.
—National Geographic, 29 July 2016
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On some occasions, the king even took part in the dissections.
—Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2018
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While fish require hours of careful dissection, tiny snails are easy to squish.
—Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
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The aquarium added that one lucky school group will get the chance to be part of the dissection.
—Amanda Jackson, CNN, 19 July 2021
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Here are some clips from that recording, and Huke’s own dissection of each play.
—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2021
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Trust that this gets sweet soon, shortly after the worm-dissection talk.
—Vulture, 11 Aug. 2022
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Carey moved down a few centimeters along the tree trunk and started a new dissection.
—Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 12 Nov. 2020
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For the full lineup, check out the event page and a dissection of the events in this article.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
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The scientists caught some of the insects and brought them back to their lab for dissection.
—Richard Pallardy, Science | AAAS, 12 May 2021
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His body, after his death, was given over to the surgeons for dissection.
—Thomas Wentworth Higginson, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2015
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With aortic dissection, a tear occurs in the wall of the aorta.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
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Larson was 35, and the cause of death was an aortic dissection.
—Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 May 2017
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With a dissection, the chance of dying rises with every minute and every hour.
—Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2019
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McCrane had to stick his head through a hole in the set's dissection table for the entire scene.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023
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For the most part, most pop culture depictions get the dissection portion right.
—Emily Udell, Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2017
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More than 830 of those were selected for dissection and study.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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An hour into the dissection, Dykman is deep inside the fish’s gut.
—Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
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Out in the desert, there was no scrutiny of his clashes on the track, no dissection of his words, no chorus of boos.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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The cause was an aortic dissection, said a daughter, Lani Phillips.
—Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
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The most common cause of stroke in the young is an injury to the artery in the neck called an arterial dissection.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
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In rare instances, that posture can cause a tear in the artery wall, called a dissection, which may then form a clot and block blood flow to the brain.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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After those two weeks, Paula died from the aortic dissection at 66.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
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Over time, this process can weaken the wall of the aorta, increasing the risk of an aortic dissection.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
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The dissection happens in real time, and the message spreads just as fast, clearly and quickly.
—Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 June 2019
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Preservé, on the other hand, reimagines the very notion of dissection.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
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The cause was an aortic dissection, a tear in the blood vessel leading from the heart, his son Henry said.
—New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
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Charli xcx, whose music and persona have been sources of constant online dissection for years.
—William Earl, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
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An aortic dissection occurs when there is a tear in the aorta, which disrupts the critical source of blood flow.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
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There was more dissection of the idea of chaos magic [the source of Wanda’s powers] in the [writers] room, too.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021
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The constant dissection of their every move, every detail?
—Lisa Depaulo, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
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