as in analyses
the separation and identification of the parts of a whole
a lengthy deconstruction of the president's speech by a panel of pundits
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Recent Examples of deconstructions
Nevertheless, the scrutiny ratcheted up, resulting in pieces musing on journalistic ethics and deconstructions of her book, American Canto.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deconstructions
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Their analyses relied on rigid formulas that ignore the dynamics of companies driven by invention, rapid scaling, and exponential growth.—
Shane Goodwin,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tourism, a major source of hard currency for the country, remains far below pre-pandemic levels; analyses using official Cuban data show that tourist arrivals in 2025 were less than half the number in 2019.—
Ricardo Torres,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said late Wednesday that Grok will no longer be able to create sexualized images of real people on its social network X based on user prompts following weeks of consumer and political backlash and regulatory investigations.—
Lora Kolodny,Ari Levy,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Gestapo were the political police under Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime, which used tactics including surveillance, home searches, and interrogation — including torture — in investigations of people seen as enemies of the Nazis.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Deconstructions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deconstructions. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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