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as in building
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as in figuring out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing (together)
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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,
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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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One of the first steps in Parker figuring out his own way, of course, was dropping out of Berklee to avoid becoming a teacher.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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So, after figuring out that an evil scientist was using Loki’s scepter to build an artificial-intelligence system, Stark and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) pop it into the Avengers Tower’s mainframe.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 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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This usually only occurs in small amounts and can be replenished after working out.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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And 81% believe crude prices are likely to drive up core inflation as well, compounding the difficulty of cutting rates for the Fed.—
Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The local representative of the national government, Eduardo Pacheco, escalated Casagrande’s request, writing to the Interior Ministry on May 19 to request an exception to carry out preventive burns, BioBíoChile reported.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Demonstrating skills For years, roboticists have been working on getting robots to learn from demonstration—teaching them new skills by showing them what to do, rather than writing lines of code.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026
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The sheep rise to the occasion and use all the mental mystery-solving skills George and his stories have left behind.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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The one-million-cubic-meter-level salt cavern hydrogen storage demonstration project began operation in Pingdingshan on Saturday, signaling progress in solving one of hydrogen energy’s biggest challenges.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Piecing (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piecing%20%28together%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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