pieced (together)

verb

past tense of piece (together)
1
as in built

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2
as in doped (out)

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pieced (together)
  1. built
  2. worked out
  3. compounded
  4. figured out
  5. constructed
  6. solved
  7. assembled
  8. resolved
Verb
  • In South Korea, Chipotle and its local partner built a supply chain designed to meet the company’s global food quality standards.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Rutgers has spent more, built more depth and remade its defense.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of built
Verb
  • New York's congressional delegation insisted 9/11 victim compensation be worked out before the airlines get their wishes fulfilled.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Imanaga worked out of a two-out single in the frame, then escaped a leadoff walk in the second to keep the deficit at one.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of worked out
Verb
  • The pain at the pump is compounded by elevated costs for food, electricity and housing.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
  • And the risks are compounded by the fact that many people are sourcing the injectable formulations from a grey market of online sellers.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • Kuss figured out that spending May in Italy, July in France and late summer in Spain would, paradoxically, give him more time at home with his young family this year.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There’s the basic practical question of how we’re supposed to believe that nobody has figured out who Russ is after more than six episodes.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of figured out
Verb
  • Counterbalancing him is a young actor cast to play one of the show’s decoys (an excellent Skylar Gisondo), whose guilelessness only magnifies the film’s sense of Hansen as a man constructed entirely out of TV-friendly sheen.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Related Stories Romance, in terms of genre, is a first for the idiosyncratic director who has often constructed his films around his own persona, appearing as the central character.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of constructed
Verb
  • The 76ers have a lot to work on and a lot to work out, and none of it will be solved overnight.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But, for the moment, the rest of the code has yet to be solved.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of solved
Verb
  • The latest contract builds on work that began in 2023, when GE Aerospace received initial funding for concept development and assembled the team that would work on the platform.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Heading into the 2026 season, Glenn seems more genuine, lighthearted and comfortable — a shift that may reflect his growing confidence in the roster the Jets assembled this offseason.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Salah’s future was not resolved until March, by which time Semenyo had joined Manchester City and hit the ground running.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But then Godzilla re-emerged, and Kōichi resolved to die fighting the monster to atone for Odo Island.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of resolved
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