string together

phrasal verb

strung together; stringing together; strings together
: to combine (different things) into something that is complete, useful, etc.
See if you can string the theories together into something that makes sense.
The filmmaker strung together interviews with a number of experts on the subject.
: to create (something) by putting different things together
She was finding it hard to string together a coherent argument.

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Better to think of this less as a story than a mood, a procession of unsettling dream logic strung together by cinematographer Jeremy Cox’s gorgeous and eerie shots. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025 Rosalía grabbed our attention in a black vintage Alexander McQueen halter top, the neckline strung together with a rosary that hung down her chest. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025 Under his tutelage, Williams became a first-team All-Pro in 2022 and strung together three straight Pro Bowl nods. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025 The ladder is made up of four individual nucleic acids, like the letters that make up words in a book, strung together in long chains that spell out the instructions for proteins. Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for string together

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“String together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20together. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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