Example Sentences

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NaCoWriMo’s goal is dissecting “conspiracy genre” narrative tricks, not fooling readers.

From The Verge • Oct. 25, 2019

A local politician is dissecting privacy regulations and builds a case for what he refers to as “agile regulation.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018

At this point, TV is dissecting so many comedians’ psyches that it risks killing the whole genre.

From New York Times • May 24, 2017

Instead Thompson is at his most effective when he is dissecting what it is about culture that makes it such a potent social tool.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2017

What he is really doing, with the aid of his microscope, is dissecting bugs, and pasting them on glass slides for use in the public schools.

From Felix O'Day by Smith, Francis Hopkinson