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
Chris McKenna dissects a rollercoaster evening at Turf Moor.
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Chris McKenna, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
And the Roundtable dissects the news that the Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, and pays tribute to the late Rob Reiner.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Fortune’s Eleanor Pringle introduces us to the finalists and dissects their on-record opinions about the running of the central bank.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
Each installment dissects the making-of of a show, novel, painting, song, or other work through conversations with artists and their artifacts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
This biography dissects the patriarchal and anti-Semitic currents influencing mid-20th-century literary culture, sifting through the past to harvest insights on the present.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
With irreverence and biting wit, Quezon dissects a myth, revealing the timeless thirst for power animating a hallowed historical figure.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissects
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
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Once the download is complete, Oh analyzes the images using a program designed to detect various forms of nudity or undress.—
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The document is above; a full Associated Press report examines the changes and includes reaction from experts.—
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Le Guin examines unchecked power, eugenics, and the ethics of governance in this inventive and consistently surprising novel, which explores the limits of trying to manifest a better world.—
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Then, in December, the full-scale review of the Duke of Sussex’s security by the official body that assesses how royals and VIPs are guarded commenced.—
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This will be the first time a crew assesses the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft for human use.—
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“Dissects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissects. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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