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analysis, anatomizing, assay, breakdown, deconstruction, dissection
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Some were perplexed by the specifics of the cats' anatomy: why the human/cat hybrids had breasts, for instance, or where exactly their tails protruded from. — Emily Dixon, CNN, "The 'Cats' trailer is here and it's horrifying the internet," 19 July 2019 While the film applies tight zooms and cinematic camera angles to every conversation between characters, all voiced by popular actors and comedians, the animals' mouths and eyes do not veer from their proper anatomy. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Lion King remake review: Roaring visuals, but the execution is a hairball," 12 July 2019 What makes these infections so dangerous, and commonplace, is human anatomy. — Matt Richtel, New York Times, "Urinary Tract Infections Affect Millions. The Cures Are Faltering.," 6 Apr. 2019 Many consider De Sedibus to be the first pathology textbook and Morgagni to be the father of pathologic anatomy. — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, "The Complete History of the Autopsy," 26 Dec. 2018 This gem of a book manages to be an anatomy of our frightening digital age, a meditation on friendship, an exploration of the loneliness of military life and a love story—all so effortlessly. — WSJ, "Who Read What in 2018: Fiction and Literature," 10 Dec. 2018 Collectively, these hypotheses and observations of modern anatomy are compelling. — Quanta Magazine, "How Humans Evolved Supersize Brains," 10 Nov. 2015 But even unfinished, the work is already a visual sensation, with the shark’s skeleton separated from its body and its inner anatomy exposed. — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, "Shark mural looms large over Whole Foods lot near SAP Center," 30 July 2019 Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner, has dealt with body shaming before -- her anatomy sometimes derisively compared to that of an animal -- so the topic was top of mind during her interview with Harper's. — Doug Criss, CNN, "Serena Williams' unretouched cover photos for Harper's Bazaar are about more than fashion," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anatomy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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