How to Use deconstruction in a Sentence
deconstruction
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Then, the spokes and hub were removed from the rim, and hub deconstruction began.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2021
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The work is in many ways a deconstruction and then remaking of all these films.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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This whole season is in a way of deconstruction of Claire.
—Sharareh Drury, Variety, 1 May 2022
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This was the year that deconstruction and modernism were born.
—New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
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It’s the kind of deconstruction of macho male archetypes that dares you not to cry during its ending, and it’s one of the best films of 2011.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2021
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The style derives from the project loosely known as deconstruction.
—James Campbell, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2021
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The state brought in a deconstruction crew surrounded by a heavy police presence to strap the statue to a crane.
—Denise Lavoie and Sarah Rankin, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2021
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The state brought in a deconstruction crew surrounded by a heavy police presence to strap the statue to a crane.
—NBC News, 8 Sep. 2021
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The state brought in a deconstruction crew surrounded by a heavy police presence to strap the statue to a crane.
—Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2021
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Jones’s shoe, the Air Max 360, follows the same thread of deconstruction that inspired the collection.
—Cam Wolf, GQ, 1 June 2018
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That looks like some deconstruction work in order to get to the construction.
—Anne Quito, Quartz, 4 June 2020
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With the highest poverty rates in the nation, these states also have the most to lose from the deconstruction of government.
—William J. Barber, NBC News, 17 May 2017
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There’s a police station, a possession, and then a deconstruction of the very genre.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2021
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There’s a police station, a possession, and then a deconstruction of the very genre.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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The stakes are human as opposed to being a deconstruction of a genre or a satire, which is a little bit what Prada is.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2023
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Scream is both an excellent deconstruction of the slasher genre and a great slasher movie in and of itself.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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To me, the show feels a lot like a challenge to or deconstruction of the traditional teen melodrama.
—Matt Brennan, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
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To me, the show feels a lot like a challenge to or deconstruction of the traditional teen melodrama.
—Matt Brennan, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
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To me, the show feels a lot like a challenge to or deconstruction of the traditional teen melodrama.
—Matt Brennan, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
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That dilemma is at the very heart of Drury’s Fairview, a brilliant, audacious deconstruction of the soul-warping power of the white gaze (and the work that earned her the 2019 Pulitzer for drama).
—Adam Green, Vogue, 13 May 2019
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Seibert said both projects would provide enough space for the deconstruction of Crosley Tower.
—Segann March, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2020
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To have realized the song would bear this kind of operatic deconstruction had been a stroke of artistry.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, GQ, 19 Mar. 2018
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This brand of idiom deconstruction and crisp sound became a hallmark of Jones’ work from this point forward.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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And the overall idea of sushi nachos works as a deconstruction of the poke bowl, containing the same potency while being light-as-air.
—Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
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It was determined the tower could not be salvaged, which led to its deconstruction and removal from the skyline of the mansion.
—Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2024
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Summer was both the epitome and a deconstruction of the manic pixie dream girl.
—Ashley Shannon Wu, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2022
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Setting aside the trolls and bad-faith arguments, much of the backlash came from the fact that the sequel was inherently a response to and a deconstruction of the beloved first game.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
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Bezos will pay for the deconstruction of the bridge, according to the outlet, Dutch News reported.
—Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
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For the last few months, the interior has been stripped down and prepared for final deconstruction.
—Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2019
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So begins a self-aware celebration and deconstruction of genre tropes that always has fun with its source material.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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