as in analysis
the separation and identification of the parts of a whole
a minutely detailed anatomy of the "perfect crime"
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Recent Examples of anatomy
The body does not care about your percentile ranking when the anatomy is distorted, the bleeding starts, and the room becomes quiet.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The answer to that question may lie in the anatomy of modern apes and extinct human species’ wrists.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
The diversity of hormone function, from milk to mood, hunger to height, does not occur through the action of any single part of our anatomy.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Anne Burrows, an anatomist at Duquesne University who studies the comparative anatomy of facial expression in dogs, has studied enough dog and wolf faces to know that the muscles underneath work very differently.
—Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for anatomy
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The answer to that question may lie in the anatomy of modern apes and extinct human species’ wrists.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
The diversity of hormone function, from milk to mood, hunger to height, does not occur through the action of any single part of our anatomy.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Anne Burrows, an anatomist at Duquesne University who studies the comparative anatomy of facial expression in dogs, has studied enough dog and wolf faces to know that the muscles underneath work very differently.
—Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anatomy
Noun
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Property appraisers in Broward and Palm Beach counties have come up with their own detailed analysis showing the impact.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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Fox News Digital previously reported on Jones' earlier analyses of potential organic material and anomalies beneath the formation.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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Rather than prompting examination of the systems in which those outcomes occur, a common counterargument is that attention to diversity risks lowering standards or excusing poor performance.—
Vanessa Grubbs,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Levinson and director of photography Marcell Rév mostly left the soundstages that defined the first two seasons for an expansive, on-location examination of Southern California, from Lancaster to Long Beach.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Investigating active government officials in Mexico is a new strategy for the United States, which in the past refrained from targeting sitting leaders in allied countries with criminal investigations because of the clear political ramifications.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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On Monday, the USTR proposed a 25% duty on many Brazilian goods as a result of a Section 301 investigation into the country’s digital trade practices and preferential tariffs.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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“Anatomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anatomy. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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