bits and pieces
plural noun
1
: small pieces
There were broken bits and pieces of glass all over the floor.
I finished the project in bits and pieces during my spare time.
2
: things or objects of different kinds
There are just a few bits and pieces of furniture in the office.
No one knows exactly what happened. All we have is a few bits and pieces of information so far.
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Sunset Hammock, paid for in bits and pieces with a National Endowment for the Arts grant and water-conservation funds, took 10 years.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
For the White Mountain Apache, Costner wanted a lot of Spanish influence in their wardrobes with many subtle silver bits and pieces.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 June 2024
The game began with just the original 151 monsters back in 2016 and has gradually caught up to the current generation of Switch games in bits and pieces over the last eight years.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
In depicting a near-future United States ravaged by sectarianism, Alex Garland’s feature-length alarm bell borrows from the dystopian playbook that Roland Emmerich and other filmmakers return to — but unlike those sci-fi counterparts, Garland’s backstory is only legible in bits and pieces.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2024
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
For the White Mountain Apache, Costner wanted a lot of Spanish influence in their wardrobes with many subtle silver bits and pieces.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 June 2024
The game began with just the original 151 monsters back in 2016 and has gradually caught up to the current generation of Switch games in bits and pieces over the last eight years.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
In depicting a near-future United States ravaged by sectarianism, Alex Garland’s feature-length alarm bell borrows from the dystopian playbook that Roland Emmerich and other filmmakers return to — but unlike those sci-fi counterparts, Garland’s backstory is only legible in bits and pieces.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2024
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