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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 dissected
Grande has candidly spoken about her experience being prodded and dissected online.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
What transpired over the next few days and how Wood ended up drowning in the dark waters off the coast of the island has been dissected for decades.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Cosmic Onslaught Her team dissected tree rings from ancient wood samples, burned the cellulose — the main component of wood — to determine the radiocarbon content, and then compared the data to spikes in beryllium-10 found in ice cores from glaciers.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The carcass was eventually towed to shore and dissected by scientists for research.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Waters and his father, who played at Southern Nazarene University and briefly appeared for the Houston Rockets’ Summer League team, constantly watched and dissected the Warriors during Waters’ youth.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
That first show is going to be dissected with a magnifying glass in the age of YouTube.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
Over the years, Ariana Grande has grown accustomed to the ways in which her life is often dissected by the public.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
Single motions from both sport and dance are isolated and repeated, creating the sense of having been clearly edited, or disassembled and dissected, like so much videotape.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 May 2022
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
What transpired over the next few days and how Wood ended up drowning in the dark waters off the coast of the island has been dissected for decades.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Cosmic Onslaught Her team dissected tree rings from ancient wood samples, burned the cellulose — the main component of wood — to determine the radiocarbon content, and then compared the data to spikes in beryllium-10 found in ice cores from glaciers.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The carcass was eventually towed to shore and dissected by scientists for research.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Waters and his father, who played at Southern Nazarene University and briefly appeared for the Houston Rockets’ Summer League team, constantly watched and dissected the Warriors during Waters’ youth.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
That first show is going to be dissected with a magnifying glass in the age of YouTube.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
Over the years, Ariana Grande has grown accustomed to the ways in which her life is often dissected by the public.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
Single motions from both sport and dance are isolated and repeated, creating the sense of having been clearly edited, or disassembled and dissected, like so much videotape.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 May 2022
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“Dissected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissected. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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