as in gradually
by small steps or amounts
worked out the solution piece by piece
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Recent Examples of piece by piece
The project began with a bare chassis and was painstakingly rebuilt piece by piece over 3,000 hours.
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New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
Richland County is slowly dismantling its UW-Platteville Richland campus, piece by piece.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Ohio is presented by Francesca Moody Productions and piece by piece productions in association with the Young Vic, and promises to be a musical celebration of losing faith and finding hope against all odds.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s a lot happening here, so let’s break things down piece by piece.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
Richland County is slowly dismantling its UW-Platteville Richland campus, piece by piece.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Ohio is presented by Francesca Moody Productions and piece by piece productions in association with the Young Vic, and promises to be a musical celebration of losing faith and finding hope against all odds.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s a lot happening here, so let’s break things down piece by piece.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piece by piece
gradually
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The low pressure area forecasters are tracking was located a little more than 1,000 miles east of the Windward Islands, the hurricane center said in the advisory, with showers and thunderstorms gradually becoming better organized.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Polselli brings a painterly gaze to scenes of quiet dread, such as a figure gradually appearing out of thick brush as two women make their way home through dark woods.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Piece by piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piece%20by%20piece. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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