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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Example Sentences

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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Hilariously, the players figure out that they were manipulated on the unanimous Sam vote, and collectively decide that was the top-level metagame.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Worse still, the messages can be encoded such that a human trying to figure out what is going on will be unable to decode the sneaky digital traffic.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of figure out
Verb
  • Daily life has turned into a tangle of compounding crises families have to unravel.
    — Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Absent smart, effective, and coordinated government regulation—and a slowing of deployment—these risks will only compound the social costs already piling up.
    — Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of compound
Verb
  • One of the reasons things rarely work out for these people is that none of them are that great at their job.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Iran has also been in discussion with Oman to work out an agreement to define transit routes through the strait.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 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
  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the first 100 days are likely to be judged by whether the new president establishes credibility, assembles an effective governing team and demonstrates that campaign promises can evolve into a coherent governing strategy.
    — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • The team—engineers, policymakers, and operators—solves for that specific limit, and the boundary moves.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The goal is to solve the nation’s nuclear waste disposal problems just in time to power the construction gold rush of AI data centers with a renaissance of next-generation nuclear energy.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of solve
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