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Now, 25 years later, under the moniker Tanner Leatherstein, Yildiz is parlaying his insight into leather into an addictive TikTok presence involving entertaining vivisections of designer leather bags.
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Isabel Slone, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Apr. 2023
Mary Gaitskill is a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer celebrated by readers and critics (this one included) for her uncompromising acuity and clear-eyed vivisection of our mottled human nature.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
The Dangers of Animal Experimentation—for Doctors Livia Gershon Nineteenth-century opponents of vivisection warned that the practice could make researchers and physicians callous toward all living creatures.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018
Or how about in District 9 where an entire alien race is subjected to squalor, neglect, and vivisection?
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2010
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Isabel Slone, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Apr. 2023
Mary Gaitskill is a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer celebrated by readers and critics (this one included) for her uncompromising acuity and clear-eyed vivisection of our mottled human nature.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
The Dangers of Animal Experimentation—for Doctors Livia Gershon Nineteenth-century opponents of vivisection warned that the practice could make researchers and physicians callous toward all living creatures.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018
Or how about in District 9 where an entire alien race is subjected to squalor, neglect, and vivisection?
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vivisection
biopsy
Noun
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The majority of it was removed successfully and the mass was sent off for a biopsy.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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After a series of tests, including an MRI, a PET scan, and a biopsy, the actress was diagnosed with stage 2 colorectal cancer.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Vivisection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vivisection. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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