as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials
you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth
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Recent Examples of piecing
Without a clear presentation to Congress or a formal address to the nation, the administration's communication has been scattershot and intermittent, leaving Americans with the task of piecing it all together.
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Justin Fishel, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
According to his mother, Anthony at one point had been piecing things together and was volunteering in the community.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
As the pair confer with forensics and begin piecing things together, the detectives learn that the unit was once home to Oliver and his live-in girlfriend, Ciara.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Researchers are currently piecing the story together, one experiment at a time, rather than proving out every step sequentially in the same set of organisms.
—Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
The two men, by that time, began piecing a plan together and met with their wives about it.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Now, Kolchenko and his team are piecing it back together.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
Bruck made her costume herself, sewing each vine on by hand and carefully piecing it together in the weeks leading up to the party, as her friends told WXYZ-TV Detroit.
—Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The student veterans handled much of the physical labor involved in piecing the wall together and securing it to the ground.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Justin Fishel, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
According to his mother, Anthony at one point had been piecing things together and was volunteering in the community.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
As the pair confer with forensics and begin piecing things together, the detectives learn that the unit was once home to Oliver and his live-in girlfriend, Ciara.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Researchers are currently piecing the story together, one experiment at a time, rather than proving out every step sequentially in the same set of organisms.
—Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
The two men, by that time, began piecing a plan together and met with their wives about it.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Now, Kolchenko and his team are piecing it back together.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
Bruck made her costume herself, sewing each vine on by hand and carefully piecing it together in the weeks leading up to the party, as her friends told WXYZ-TV Detroit.
—Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The student veterans handled much of the physical labor involved in piecing the wall together and securing it to the ground.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing
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Whether or not Perkins is recalled, Cobb said, the PAC hopes to continue building political momentum among their neighbors, and that city leaders keep paying attention.—
Ilana Arougheti
Updated April 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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The collaboration will combine creative vision with access to capital and a long-term strategy for building cinematic worlds that extend across formats and audiences.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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To overcome these limitations, researchers propose constructing a continuous field of local reference frames guided by surface geometry and keypoints.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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Soft robotics, a subfield of robotics that says robots can be squishy, focuses on constructing robots from highly flexible, deformable materials and systems.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Apr. 2026
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Double-A manager Chad Epperson will take over as interim third base coach and WooSox hitting coach Collin Hetzler has been elevated to the big league staff, but beyond that Breslow said more additions will be made and that Tracy will have a voice in assembling his new staff.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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Closing these gaps often requires assembling small and fragmented parcels over time.—
Susan Carr,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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The agency added city funding is expected to make up the majority of its staffing budget going forward, making its future structure heavily dependent on decisions by the City of Los Angeles.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Las Vegas has depth at the edge, making the Auburn product an interesting pick considering needs like offensive line, defensive tackle and wide receiver are still unfilled.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Altman pitched the conversion as critical to securing the vast amount of funding OpenAI needs to fulfill its mission of creating artificial general intelligence — or AGI — that will benefit humanity.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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In 2015, Musk, Altman, Greg Brockman, and a handful of others cofounded OpenAI as a nonprofit with the mission of creating AI for the benefit of humanity.—
Tom Dotan,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Piecing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piecing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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