deconstructed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Trump offered to build a modular ballroom at the White House that could be deconstructed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Performance attire now includes sneakers, typographic T-shirts, deconstructed bottoms and even denims.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
According to plans that seem about as fluid as a lazy river, this is the last year of the race at Pimlico, as it is currently constructed … or deconstructed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
Along with Carnival and the city’s festivals, Bourbon taught me what a crowd of strangers could be good for: My everyday self could be deconstructed, connected to others, and then put back together, somehow nourished.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
On the other hand, Adams possessed a congenital affinity for deconstructed interpretations of history, of his own life, indeed of practically everything.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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