SINCE 1828
companion piece
nounDefinition of companion piece
: a work (as of literature) that is associated with and complements another
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Serious Eater An oddly perfect companion piece to Save Me the Plums, Serious Eater chronicles Ed Levine’s own struggle to keep a food-writing platform afloat. — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, "7 amazing, mouth-watering new food memoirs for summer reading (and cookout inspiration)," 11 July 2019 Ice Age diversity The study forms a complex picture of the genetic history of Spain—one that’s reinforced in a companion piece published in the journal Current Biology. — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "Surprising DNA found in ancient people from southern Europe," 14 Mar. 2019 In the end, the book is both a companion piece to the documentary and an homage all its own. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "Franca Sozzani’s Legacy Continues in Franca: Chaos and Creation," 24 Jan. 2019 The book feels like something of a companion piece to John Krasinski’s recent thriller A Quiet Place, about a family trying to survive in a world overrun by monsters who hunt by sound. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "The first Bird Box trailer makes it look like the opposite of A Quiet Place," 24 Oct. 2018 But if a few of them are fuzzy, perhaps this guide, and a companion piece next week, will offer some help. — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, "A lesson on wine terms that will go down easy," 13 June 2018 The Staircase was intended to be a companion piece about how the justice system functions for wealthy white men compared to black teenagers. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Queasy Verdict of The Staircase," 26 June 2018 The mural will actually be a companion piece to a Pulse tribute mural in the works by artist Jennifer Kuhns of Olympia, Wash. Kuhns made a mural on the wall of a school near her hometown and then plans to come to Orlando to complete the project. — Kyle Arnold, OrlandoSentinel.com, "New Pulse mural coming to Mills 50," 9 July 2018 This was the companion piece to the crocodile center, part of the Boca de Guamá ecotourism complex. — Shanna Baker, Smithsonian, "The Quest to Preserve the Last of Castro’s Crocodiles," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'companion piece.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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