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
Francesco Rota’s Unlimited Convivial modular seating that has the potential to expand over time and piece by piece is on the rise.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
This approach could help children learn how to recategorize misplaced fear as a manageable emotion by approaching it piece by piece.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Richland County, so far unable to generate interest from outside buyers, has been slowly dismantling its former campus piece by piece.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the next several years, Pellington and producer Liza Hughes (who worked on the original show) put the documentary together piece by piece, conducting interviews with Klein, people who worked at MTV or on the show, and fans and critics like U2 and Gore.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
This approach could help children learn how to recategorize misplaced fear as a manageable emotion by approaching it piece by piece.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Richland County, so far unable to generate interest from outside buyers, has been slowly dismantling its former campus piece by piece.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the next several years, Pellington and producer Liza Hughes (who worked on the original show) put the documentary together piece by piece, conducting interviews with Klein, people who worked at MTV or on the show, and fans and critics like U2 and Gore.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piece by piece
gradually
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Probably start by using softer AI personas and gradually inch your way to the later instances that fully test a therapist’s abilities.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Place baba back into pan and gradually pour remaining syrup over.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Piece by piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piece%20by%20piece. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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