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as in to construct
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2
as in to figure out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piece (together)
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Scientific papers are filled with acronyms — some little more than strings of letters, others carefully constructed to form recognizable words, like GANDALF (Gas AND Absorption Line Fitting) and MIAOW (Minimum Inertia Adaptive Optics Widget).—
Clarissa Brincat,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Our everyday lives present unlimited opportunities to construct justice and liberation in our food system and otherwise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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One of Zohran Mamdani's biggest tests since becoming mayor has been trying to figure out how to deal with a multi-billion-dollar city budget gap.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Lydia commits her almost-murder of Vidala after first pitching the idea for the Aunts program to Commander Judd (Charlie Carrick), who has been tasked with the responsibility of figuring out what to do with all the women who have been rounded up under Gilead’s eye.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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Niall, for his part, only comes to hate himself more as gay acceptance goes mainstream, his initial distress over his sexuality compounded by humiliation at being unable to get past that distress.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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That was compounded by doubts, both within the club and among those close to the player, over his long-term future — largely due to those injury problems.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Lomu worked out at left and right tackle during the pre-draft process.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Throughout the 1980s, in the early days of building hospice care into the American healthcare system, those of us on the frontlines helped shape what would become the Medicare hospice benefit.—
Tom Koutsoumpas,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the process, however, one of the big distinguishing aspects of TV – the large audiences who once assembled to watch dramas, sitcoms and reality shows – has eroded.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Horned Frogs don’t have a player committed this offseason with that type of notoriety, but head coach Mark Campbell has still been able to assemble one of the top transfer portal classes.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are still some lingering discrepancies, wrinkles that the team thinks other collisions between particles with sizes between protons and iron could help to iron out.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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After the second bullpen session of his rehab program this week, Yates reported improvement but is still trying to iron out mechanical issues.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Raised in a food- and book-focused household, Berry trained at Le Cordon Bleu and later co-authored the Sunday Times–bestselling cookbook Menolicious.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2026
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One program in New York City was the subject of a study co-authored by Jingqin Gao, assistant director of research at the C2SMART Center, which studies urban transportation at New York University.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Piece (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piece%20%28together%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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