as in analyzes
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
let's dissect the plot of this thriller to see what makes it thrilling
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Recent Examples of dissects
At the Hotel Tyrol in the Italian Alps, lepidopterist Charlotte Wright of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a leader of Project Psyche, dissects the yellow tiger moth captured near the stone hut.
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Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Dill’s lab, which dissects ticks to check for Lyme and other diseases, seemed far removed from campus culture wars.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Housel is known for his bestseller The Psychology of Money, which dissects how people’s previous beliefs, behaviors, and emotions impact finances.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Bill of the Month is a crowdsourced investigation by KFF Health News and The Washington Post’s Well+Being that dissects and explains medical bills.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
—Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
In Sacrifice, Gavras dissects myth-making in its many forms.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Dill’s lab, which dissects ticks to check for Lyme and other diseases, seemed far removed from campus culture wars.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Housel is known for his bestseller The Psychology of Money, which dissects how people’s previous beliefs, behaviors, and emotions impact finances.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Bill of the Month is a crowdsourced investigation by KFF Health News and The Washington Post’s Well+Being that dissects and explains medical bills.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
—Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
In Sacrifice, Gavras dissects myth-making in its many forms.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissects
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Clinton received roughly 6,000 fewer votes than Obama in the state House district that includes Little Haiti, according to Steve Schale, a Democratic operative in Florida who analyzes election data.—
David Smiley,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Glass Lewis, a proxy advisory firm, analyzes company books and recommends how shareholders should vote on decisions like this.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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In July, Miles Richardson, a professor at the University of Derby, published the findings of a new study in the journal Earth, which examines how our connection to nature has shifted since 1800.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her work examines themes including gender, healing, cultural destruction, and sustainability through the lens of politics.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Nov. 2025
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Cunning and a team of 46 other researchers published a grim study in the journal Science on Thursday that assesses the damage caused by a historic 2023 marine heat wave in Florida.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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Morton assesses this political and royal insider’s tactics and actions through often turbulent times in the book — and believes his bond with the Windsors was closer than anyone's.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Dissects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissects. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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