as in constructed
to form by putting together parts or materials
you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth
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Recent Examples of pieced
Milton was one or two plays away from some elite wins early on in the year, and have finally pieced them together as winners in seven of its last eight to crack the top 10.
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Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
The lobby area is center-pieced by a chandelier created by Parisian Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
More recently, advisers have begun expanding their purview beyond acquisitions into estate planning, collection management, and institutional strategy, and Pirtle sees her pitch as one that links those strands should together, rather than having them be pieced out across different specialists.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Years later, after fans repeatedly demanded the full version, Swift pieced it together into the now-iconic 10-minute track.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The Herald pieced some of the correspondence together in order to draw as complete a picture as possible of the various cases.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
The contentious film has been brewing in the background of its subjects’ notoriously sexist social media accounts for the past year as Theroux pieced his documentary together behind the scenes.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla, who has pieced it all together, deserves plenty of credit for maximizing this group.
—Jay King, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Really, since Jamaal Charles’ ACL tear in 2015, the Chiefs have largely pieced the position together with value finds.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
The lobby area is center-pieced by a chandelier created by Parisian Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
More recently, advisers have begun expanding their purview beyond acquisitions into estate planning, collection management, and institutional strategy, and Pirtle sees her pitch as one that links those strands should together, rather than having them be pieced out across different specialists.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Years later, after fans repeatedly demanded the full version, Swift pieced it together into the now-iconic 10-minute track.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The Herald pieced some of the correspondence together in order to draw as complete a picture as possible of the various cases.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
The contentious film has been brewing in the background of its subjects’ notoriously sexist social media accounts for the past year as Theroux pieced his documentary together behind the scenes.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla, who has pieced it all together, deserves plenty of credit for maximizing this group.
—Jay King, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Really, since Jamaal Charles’ ACL tear in 2015, the Chiefs have largely pieced the position together with value finds.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pieced
Verb
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It was originally constructed in 1937 by Alfred Clark, a Bahamian carpenter who gifted it to family friend Jessie Bethel.—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Early cages were constructed from chicken wire, until steel began to be used around the ’80s.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Playing catch-up, Target has built three new distribution hubs in the past four years to replace the capacity third-party partners previously provided.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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For a movement built partly around concern over pesticides and environmental toxins, that was not a side issue.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Nothing is mysterious about these history-making Knicks, other than the executive who assembled them.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Some are composites assembled from multiple dinosaurs or replica bones to create the illusion of a more complete skeleton.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Families living in barndominiums have made choices to own animals, raise their own crops and garden, get outside and play.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Here, Chinese laborers, factory workers, seamstresses, nail technicians, and cooks take glorious center stage, their lives and deepest yearnings made epic.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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“Pieced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieced. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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