as in analyses
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 dissections
Within days, it was hurled into the internet's true crime universe, Andrea May Sahouri reports, with influencers far and wide sharing posts, live streams and even dissections of timelines and evidence, bringing national attention to Park and a reeling rural Michigan community.
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Based on dissections of a few catfish and the timing of the sighting, researchers concluded the bumblebee catfish were likely migrating upriver to spawn and were not eating during the migration.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Based on dissections of a few catfish and the timing of the sighting, researchers concluded the bumblebee catfish were likely migrating upriver to spawn and were not eating during the migration.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissections
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When that broader lens is applied, analyses estimate that the share of Americans who qualify as obese rises from 42% to roughly 68%.—
Bret Scher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Department of Public Health would absorb the Certificate of Need initiative and the data collection and analyses related to CON decision making, officials said Wednesday.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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State authorities have frequently partnered with the federal government in the past on such investigations and welcome a good-faith partnership in the future, Bonta said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Amazon-like company has been subjected to a number of investigations, raids, and inspections initiated by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the country’s primary antitrust regulator, in recent years.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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Women who brought the lawsuits said the university ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Patients accused Heaps of groping them, performing unnecessarily invasive examinations and making suggestive comments.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Amazon-like company has been subjected to a number of investigations, raids, and inspections initiated by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the country’s primary antitrust regulator, in recent years.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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Before Moscow suspended New START in 2023, both parties carried out 328 on-site inspections and exchanged more than 25,000 notifications about each other’s activities, according to the State Department.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Dissections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissections. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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