as in to analyze
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
deconstructing the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes
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Recent Examples of deconstruct
Thankfully, the telescope itself had been deconstructed and moved away from the observatory to safeguard it from the perils of war.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 June 2025
Riffed off, deconstructed, or replicated to a tee, preppy style has provided fashion houses and labels plenty of source material to work off of in recent years, filtering it through their own lens.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 20 June 2025
The film further lifts the veil on the artist’s influence, as a variable smorgasbord of talent converges throughout to deconstruct the impact of his life, art, his curious process and disposition.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 9 June 2025
Joining Jensen among the most experienced and widely quoted technology analysts currently dedicated to deconstructing the FinOps space is Tracy Woo, principal analyst at Forrester.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 June 2025
Riffed off, deconstructed, or replicated to a tee, preppy style has provided fashion houses and labels plenty of source material to work off of in recent years, filtering it through their own lens.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 20 June 2025
The film further lifts the veil on the artist’s influence, as a variable smorgasbord of talent converges throughout to deconstruct the impact of his life, art, his curious process and disposition.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 9 June 2025
Joining Jensen among the most experienced and widely quoted technology analysts currently dedicated to deconstructing the FinOps space is Tracy Woo, principal analyst at Forrester.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deconstruct
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The other new offering is a finance agent that automatically analyzes KPIs and performs planning functions for different scenarios.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Those videos can also serve the interests of science, as evidenced by the international team of researchers who analyzed 408 publicly available videos of sleeping cats to study whether the kitties showed any preference for sleeping on their right or left sides.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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From their looks to the culture to the music, fans have been dissecting the film and its characters for any signs of real-life K-pop inspirations.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The hard part is dissecting a legend without soiling a mystery.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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And don’t forget to examine your nails and the bottoms of your feet, Reid says.—
Stacey Colino,
Time,
9 July 2025
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There are two approaches to this: comprehend the historical odds and position yourself ahead of the earnings release, or examine the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post-earnings and position yourself accordingly after the earnings are announced.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The police chief also said the public should not be worried about their privacy, with the department having already assessed such concerns in previous uses of drones.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
9 July 2025
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The Israeli government assesses 28 of the hostages to be deceased, including Hadar Goldin, who was taken in 2014, and 27 hostages who were abducted on Oct. 7, 2023 – including Americans Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
9 July 2025
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“Deconstruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deconstruct. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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