as in analysis
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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For the real monomaniacs, this album has unleashed a bounty of dissection opportunities.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
In rare instances, that posture can cause a tear in the artery wall, called a dissection, which may then form a clot and block blood flow to the brain.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Family-friendly Offerings Ritz Kids activities focus on nature, exploration, and culture with activities for various ages, including arts and crafts, squid dissection, and educational experiences.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Mussolini is at once an incisive psychological portrait of one of the 20th century’s most destructive individuals and a clear-eyed dissection of fascism’s politically expedient, intellectually incoherent origins.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge conducted the first large-scale analysis of isotopic and ancient DNA data in cemeteries from early medieval England to assess their migration patterns, according to a press release by the University of Edinburgh.—
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Having direct knowledge of the volcano provides a much more objective sense of the limits of their analysis, Calò said.—
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The examination of the past all feels pretty surface-level.—
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After an examination of her records, the election board said 188 of Walker Thomas’ petition signatures were invalid, which brought her total number of valid signatures to 445, below the minimum 500 signatures required to run.—
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Detectives from the Police Department’s Major Collision Investigation Unit responded to take over the investigation, but the circumstances of the crash remained under investigation.—
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Crime in Anne Arundel County Saturday's shooting initiated Anne Arundel County's first homicide investigation of 2026.—
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“Dissection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissection. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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