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Recent Examples of dismantle Back in 2021, Taylor Swift started building an alternate reality by dismantling her first six studio albums and repurposing them as part of an extensive re-recording process to regain ownership of her music. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 In our efforts to dismantle the idealization of motherhood, the left has struggled to articulate a more complex view of caregiving—one that acknowledges the labor, yes, but also celebrates the connection, creativity, and sometimes radical meaning that comes with raising children. Samantha Mann, Time, 5 June 2025 In the deciding set, however, the Belarusian took the brakes off, dismantling Świątek’s challenge in just 22 minutes without making an unforced error. George Ramsay, CNN Money, 5 June 2025 First, after heavy airstrikes, the IDF would launch a massive land maneuver targeting enemy forces in specific areas, dismantling the Hamas brigades and battalions in them, and moving on to the next ones. Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dismantle
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Verb
  • Servers disassemble it in front of the guests, which makes for gorgeous photo- and video-ops and smashing plated presentations.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
  • Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans to disassemble the chapel, a national historic landmark and popular wedding venue.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Its appeal lies in its hybrid nature — users can play the console on a TV, but can also detach it to use it on the go.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 18 June 2025
  • Two legislative leaders, Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and their key staff members, oversaw reams of spending decisions while most lawmakers were back home in their districts, totally detached from it all.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • As highlighted in the report, empathetic managers reduce uncertainty stress by 37% and disconnect by nearly 50%.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Cook, 49, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2014 for killing his roommate, Michael Jones, in Stockton and dismembering the body.
    Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
  • Her body was then dismembered and discarded in a dumpster in Ruskin, Florida, court documents state.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The air force also struck a nuclear weapons development site in the area of Natanz.
    NBC News, NBC news, 20 June 2025
  • This is season 2, which my wife has already watched, and I’m struck by how little drama there is behind the scenes, as all the girls feel like best friends, for the most part.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Dragoons followed in leather breeches and woolen gaiters, dismounted for the moment but hopeful of finding American horses ahead.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
  • Fixed an issue where players attempting to save and load during the 'Get on your mount' objective caused Rin to spawn dismounted and follow Yasuke on foot, blocking progression.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Record-Low Absorption Rates Absorption rates in Florida's six bearish markets—calculated as monthly sales divided by available inventory and indicating the percentage of inventory purchased monthly—are at local lows, according to Parcl Labs, and well below the three-year average.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Annual passes, divided into four levels by benefits and the number of block-out dates, are selling for $153 and $345.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025

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“Dismantle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismantle. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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