dissections

plural of dissection

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Recent Examples of dissections Aortic dissections are estimated to occur in 20,000 people in the United States every year, half of which are fatal. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 July 2026 Aortic dissections occur when the inner layer of tissue in the aorta, which carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body, ruptures. Veronique Greenwood, Time, 13 July 2026 While not all aortic dissections can be prevented, people can reduce their risk by controlling certain lifestyle factors. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 After a casino owner turned TV star first became President of the United States, media networks further beefed up their political coverage by treating it like entertainment, amplifying juicy play-by-plays over granular dissections of policy. Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 My father founded private hospitals south of Johannesburg, and my mother lectured anatomy, presiding over dissections and preparing meat dishes at home with the same attentive care — removing sinew and fat with a dedicated set of kitchen scalpels. Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026 The book’s clear-eyed dissections of the atmosphere of overwork, anxiety, and panic allow Coulter to question at what point ambition tips over into masochism. Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026 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. 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
Noun
  • Will people run broad analyses that scan large volumes, quick lookups of individual records or both?
    Kevin Mathrani, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Eventually, their analyses led law enforcement to Lahti's relatives, according to the lab that performed the testing.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Countless vigilantes have taken to the roadways armed with trash bags, spray paint, laser pointers, and power drills to render the surveillance poles useless, resulting in arrests and investigations by police.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 30 July 2026
  • Other chains are also feeling some impact from the outbreak even though they haven’t been named in government investigations.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Their demonstrations against malpractice and mismanagement in national college-level qualifying examinations ultimately led to the resignation of the union education minister and sparked hopes of wider reforms in education.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The legislation now before Parliament amends a law passed in that same period, intended to deter organized malpractice and protect the credibility of public examinations.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • For years, the FDA has fallen far short on meeting its modest annual goals for foreign food facility inspections, the US Government Accountability Office has found, as the agency struggled to hire and train inspectors.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • With the deployment complete, USS Virginia will now begin post-deployment inspections, maintenance, crew leaves, and training before returning to operational service.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Dissections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissections. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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