dissected

past tense of dissect

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Recent Examples of dissected But not everything can fit neatly in an eight-part series, and there’s a reason the case is still being dissected today. Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025 Mahomes dissected the Lions' secondary on Sunday night, throwing for 257 yards and three touchdowns. Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 Jurors, journalists and scores of public onlookers obsessively dissected the case. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025 The song became a trending topic on X as people dissected the new teaser track. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Back in Denmark, laboratory analysis dissected the science. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025 Tua Tagovailoa’s costly turnovers, issues on the offensive and defensive lines, the lack of turnovers, and pressure placed on quarterbacks and everything else that’s wrong with the team general manager Chris Grier built, and Mike McDaniel coaches has been dissected to death. Omar Kelly october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025 With Hill, Sasaki sat and watched as the coach dissected a series of bad habits that had formed in his delivery over the years. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Police testimony dissected through the more than 100 firearm components found in the home. Pj Green september 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissected
Verb
  • To prove their point, the researchers analyzed 46 years’ worth of venture-capital startup investments, among other data points.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center analyzed data from more than 1,000 cancer patients with Stage 3 and 4 non-small cell lung cancer and metastatic melanoma who were treated at MD Anderson from 2019 to 2023.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to a recent documentary, police have examined whether Revak might have been connected to as many as five different homicides over a 14-year span, including the disappearance of Huisentruit.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For instance, the team examined SIRT1, a post-translational regulator linked to inflammation and cancer.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Dissected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissected. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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