piece (together)

verb

Definition of piece (together)next
1
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)
  1. construct
  2. figure out
  3. compound
  4. work out
  5. build
  6. iron out
  7. assemble
  8. solve
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  • In the first part of the proposal, Wyden wants to remove existing tax incentives for constructing data centers, for instance, making it so that assets purchased for data centers are not immediately eligible for write-off.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Shamelessness has been central to Trump’s business and political success, and his reaction to setbacks is to deny objective facts and construct fantasies of achievement.
    — KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of construct
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  • Instead, parents should help kids figure out how to share, solve problems and resolve other issues that come up.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Through an afterlife support group, Salon Rose tries to figure out her own murder before moving on to the great unknown.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of figure out
Verb
  • Tehran has repeatedly sought to claim sovereignty over the channel and has targeted vessels that do not adhere to stipulations, compounding uneven oil prices triggered by months of US strikes and retaliatory Iranian attacks.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Insurers reprice fast once they've been burned, and the market's collective judgment on compounding chokepoint risk will move before most public commentary catches up.
    — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of compound
Verb
  • Dokoupil had to work out kinks on air, in real time, and the program’s overall audience still rests below 4 million, a demarcation point for CBS News management in the past.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But responsible governance cannot consist of hoping everything works out.
    — Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of work out
Verb
  • McCaleb and co-editors Skip Macdonald and Joey Liew, along with Golubić, continued to build sequences from scratch, allowing silence, dialogue, sound design or music to occur naturally depending on the needs of each scene.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Our children are building relationships with technology before many of us have begun conversations about identity, judgment, values and character.
    — Aiko Bethea, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of build
Verb
  • Exec producer Ritchie was among those who helped iron out the differences.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 July 2026
  • Now, the project is still in its early stages, with many kinks, known and unknown, to iron out.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
Definition of iron out
Verb
  • Engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory assembled the core detector modules and tested the preliminary hardware.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The document described the gun as a Polymer80 firearm, which is sold in parts and assembled by the user.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • Someone can produce a great deal of visible output while solving the wrong problem.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Acting on a risk assessment before that risk has materialized requires political willpower; just having better data, or even better analyses, doesn’t wholly solve that problem.
    — Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
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