jigsaw puzzle
noun
: a puzzle consisting of small irregularly cut pieces that are to be fitted together to form a picture
also
: something suggesting a jigsaw puzzle
Examples of jigsaw puzzle in a Sentence
We spent many nights working on a jigsaw puzzle of Mount Everest.
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This latest Venice premiere is definitely a work of fragments, isolated scenes that amount to a fly-on-the-wall view of Lucius but are not meant to create a traditional narrative, or for the pieces to fit together as neatly as a jigsaw puzzle.
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Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Unlike Syria, where Israel is dealing with one party, Lebanon is a jigsaw puzzle — everything has to fit for there for progress.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
There are visual gags — case files scattered around jigsaw puzzle pieces, conversations about blood loss interrupted by Sudoku solving — that insist on finding humor in a pair of old folks taking such morbid extracurricular activities so seriously.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Viktor Gyokeres is very ‘final piece in the jigsaw puzzle’ at Arsenal.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
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Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Unlike Syria, where Israel is dealing with one party, Lebanon is a jigsaw puzzle — everything has to fit for there for progress.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
There are visual gags — case files scattered around jigsaw puzzle pieces, conversations about blood loss interrupted by Sudoku solving — that insist on finding humor in a pair of old folks taking such morbid extracurricular activities so seriously.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Viktor Gyokeres is very ‘final piece in the jigsaw puzzle’ at Arsenal.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Jigsaw puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jigsaw%20puzzle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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