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
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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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Michelle Khare has built her singular career around making the impossible possible.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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Oceanfront land is often heavily protected, subject to environmental regulation, strict permitting and tight limits on what can or can’t be built, expanded or altered.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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North Korea already has enough nuclear material for up to 90 warheads and is believed to have assembled around 50, according to a Congressional Research Service report from March.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The city has assembled a working group led by former Visit Fort Worth CEO Bob Jameson that will include city council member Beck along with her colleagues District 5 council member Deborah Peoples, District 7 council member Macy Hill, and District 11 council member Jeanette Martinez.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Videos of climbers waiting in long queues in an area known as the death zone – where the air is too thin to breathe unaided for long – on their way to the summit have once again made headlines, alongside record-breaking ascents from both Nepali and foreign climbers.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Your access will continue until the end of your current subscription after which the cancellation will take effect and no further charges will be made.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 June 2026
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