companion piece

noun

|Updated on: 3 Aug 2018

Definition of companion piece

: a work (as of literature) that is associated with and complements another

Recent Examples of companion piece from the Web

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 2018
For true crime buffs, The Staircase documentary is seen as a sort-of big brother companion piece to Netflix's popular Making A Murderer series.

— morgan baila, refinery29.com, "Everything New In Netflix’s The Staircase," 8 June 2018
In a companion piece for ESPNW, track and field and road running went 0-for-25 in this list of the 25 the world's most famous women athletes.

— ken goe, OregonLive.com, "What if you held a meet and nobody outside the stadium noticed? Oregon track & field rundown," 22 May 2018
Ruscha showed me the book and then, with an appreciative chuckle, brought out a companion piece: a recent exacting homage by a team of Japanese artists, who instead destroyed an early-generation iMac.

— mark rozzo, Vanities, "Ed Ruscha Still Has Plenty More to Say About America," 30 May 2018
Relentless but never showy, The Looming Tower is a worthy companion piece.

— daniel d'addario, Time, "Best TV Shows of 2018 So Far," 30 May 2018
The company premiered two new works by artistic director Ronen Koresh, Inner Sun and Matters of the Heart, which felt like companion pieces.

— ellen dunkel, Philly.com, "Koresh Dance Company astonishes again with 'Inner Sun'," 27 Apr. 2018

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