How to Use dissect in a Sentence
dissect
verb
- We dissected the poem in class.
- The city is dissected by a network of highways.
- We dissected a frog in science class.
- She dissected each point of his argument.
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To dissect the two parts, cut along each side of the center vein of each leaf.
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BostonGlobe.com,
3 Nov. 2021
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So much to digest, so much to dissect and so much to dance to.
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Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
29 July 2022
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Tuesday was a chance to put it all on film and dissect in the coming days.
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Chris Fedor,
cleveland,
6 Oct. 2021
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Just the end of a 111-win season with a long winter to dissect what went wrong.
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Bob Nightengale,
USA TODAY,
21 Oct. 2021
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Sort, inspect, dissect and plant seeds and seedlings that guests can bring home.
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Hartford Courant,
13 Apr. 2022
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The point of all this is not to again dissect the Chargers’ painful departure.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Dec. 2021
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All of this, on top of the video from your performances as a BMOC that the teams can dissect and absorb.
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Jarrett Bell,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2023
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There’s a ton to dissect coming out of this wild game on a gorgeous fall day along the lakefront.
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Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Nov. 2022
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Here, the lyrics via Genius to take in and dissect, with some notes on references.
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Alyssa Bailey,
ELLE,
16 Mar. 2023
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In every episode, the series finds new rocks to turn over and new vermin to dissect.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2021
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But at least there are parts of his game that younger players can dissect and mimic.
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Chris Hays,
orlandosentinel.com,
18 Aug. 2021
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Beef explored that in a masterful way—and in a way that can be dissected over and over again.
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Evan Romano,
Men's Health,
11 Apr. 2023
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Day said the past two days have been spent in intense meetings trying to dissect what has gone wrong and how to fix it.
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Bill Rabinowitz,
USA TODAY,
14 Sep. 2021
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Aides will dissect data like results from precincts and GOP turnout.
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Selina Wang,
ABC News,
15 Jan. 2024
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As with its counterparts in other states, the law itself is vague and at times hard to dissect.
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Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
19 Oct. 2021
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And besides, there’s plenty about J.J. Watt for the rest of us to dissect, such as his two seasons with the Cardinals.
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Kent Somers,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Dec. 2022
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The focus is football this week, though, and how to dissect TCU's 3-3-5 defensive scheme.
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Richard Obert,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Dec. 2022
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But in a book that goes to great lengths to dissect the transmission of habits and ideas from father and son, Elon is allowed to stay mum.
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Brian Merchant,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Sep. 2023
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Both sides dissected the two-hour video that Horn recorded from the Capitol.
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Perry Stein,
Washington Post,
18 Sep. 2023
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But stop and dissect the nasty insult that someone without children lacks a stake in the future of the country.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2024
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Be warned: There are a lot of religious groups dissected in the graph below.
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Andy Larsen,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
9 Sep. 2023
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The bouclé run of the last few years can’t be dissected without mention of the bubble silhouette.
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Mia Mercado,
Curbed,
15 Sep. 2023
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The Anatomy of Electricity The team’s goal was to dissect the current in a strange metal.
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Quanta Magazine,
28 Nov. 2023
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That first show is going to be dissected with a magnifying glass in the age of YouTube.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
8 Apr. 2024
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That first show is going to be dissected with a magnifying glass in the age of YouTube.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2024
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Having begun at the end of the story, the novel returns to the past to dissect every decision taken, along with some that were not.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2024
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