as in analysis
the separation and identification of the parts of a whole
the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country
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Recent Examples of dissection
While Eddington utilizes the visual language of the American Southwest, Aster’s script is a dissection of the modern information ecosystem.
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Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
For Academy Award winners and long-time collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, a dissection of their creative processes over dinner is no strange occasion.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
From archival footage to interviews with former employees and insiders, The Reckoning presents a layered portrait of a mogul who once built an empire—and now, from prison, faces its public dissection.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
The best British short film award went to Magid / Zafar, a dissection of the relationship between two men amid rising tensions in a British-Pakistani takeaway restaurant from director Luís Hindman.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Nov. 2025
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Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
For Academy Award winners and long-time collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, a dissection of their creative processes over dinner is no strange occasion.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
From archival footage to interviews with former employees and insiders, The Reckoning presents a layered portrait of a mogul who once built an empire—and now, from prison, faces its public dissection.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
The best British short film award went to Magid / Zafar, a dissection of the relationship between two men amid rising tensions in a British-Pakistani takeaway restaurant from director Luís Hindman.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissection
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Manus started developing its agentic AI tools — for tasks such as market research and data analysis — as a start-up in China, before relocating to Singapore.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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For my analysis of the AI mental health law in Illinois, see the link here, for the law in Utah, see the link here, and for the law in Nevada, see the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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An in-depth examination uncovers moderate profitability and growth, coupled with a competitive valuation.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The growing awareness that, even in mild COVID cases, the possibility exists for longer-term, often undetected organ damage also warrants more examination, researchers say.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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There’s an urge to reconnect with our heritage, and people are undertaking ancestry pilgrimages, combining boots-on-the-ground investigation into family trees and searching for documents in town halls, with discovering the places our ancestors used to call home.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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An investigation by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has found that Team Canada manipulated the outcome of the North American Cup in Lake Placid, New York, earlier this month.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dissection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissection. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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