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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 deconstructed
Recorded, deconstructed, reassembled, and refined over two years, History of Silence is a humble comeback that savors every second.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
From Ann Demeulemeester’s avant-garde cuts and Sonia Carrasco’s deconstructed tailoring to Casablanca’s bold ’80s silhouettes and Willy Chavarria’s exaggerated proportions, tailoring remains in our DNA.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
At the end — Sept 1, at least in the Nevada desert — the city gets deconstructed and wiped from the face of the planet.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The model deconstructed each TIME cover, extracting data on thematic and historic context, and using this data as a prompt.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
At the end — Sept 1, at least in the Nevada desert — the city gets deconstructed and wiped from the face of the planet.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
In recent years, many hotels have embraced deconstructed bathroom designs in an effort to create the illusion of more space.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
Temporary cities are constructed for a week and deconstructed immediately thereafter.
—Lindsay Trout, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
As cells die and are replaced, chromosomes are deconstructed, and tiny snippets of DNA are released into the bloodstream.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
From Ann Demeulemeester’s avant-garde cuts and Sonia Carrasco’s deconstructed tailoring to Casablanca’s bold ’80s silhouettes and Willy Chavarria’s exaggerated proportions, tailoring remains in our DNA.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
At the end — Sept 1, at least in the Nevada desert — the city gets deconstructed and wiped from the face of the planet.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The model deconstructed each TIME cover, extracting data on thematic and historic context, and using this data as a prompt.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
At the end — Sept 1, at least in the Nevada desert — the city gets deconstructed and wiped from the face of the planet.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
In recent years, many hotels have embraced deconstructed bathroom designs in an effort to create the illusion of more space.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
Temporary cities are constructed for a week and deconstructed immediately thereafter.
—Lindsay Trout, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
As cells die and are replaced, chromosomes are deconstructed, and tiny snippets of DNA are released into the bloodstream.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deconstructed
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Several of the production facilities that CNN analyzed have swiftly replaced villages and farmland, growing by tens of thousands of square feet in the past five years.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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In The New Republic, Alex Shephard analyzed the nitty-gritty successes.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Half of the figurine is dissected to show how Buddy is truly born in indigo.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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Douglas dissected the testimony from the school staffers and their actions the day of the shooting and how information was conveyed to the administrator.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2025
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Deconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deconstructed. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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