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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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
  • The real-time infrastructure is built and in daily commercial use.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Homeland Security has indicated that getting the wall built is a priority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of built
Verb
  • Adames and Chapman have full no-trade clauses in their contracts, which usually can be worked out, although Chapman’s agent, Scott Boras, recently told John Shea of the San Francisco Standard that Chapman isn’t going anywhere.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The average 8% increase worked out to approximately 62 cents more per item, according to Mickey Visit.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 July 2026
Definition of worked out
Verb
  • No one knows all the factors behind the population’s recent boom, although researchers point to recent extreme weather events and climate change, perhaps compounded with a rise in shipping traffic over recent decades.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Much of today's wealth descends from legacy benefits of inheritance and returns on capital compounded across decades of peace and a stable workforce.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • That’s someone treading open water who has figured out that the only way not to drown is to never stop kicking.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • So even if Imax magically figured out a way to manufacture more 70mm projectors, there are relatively few theaters where they could actually be installed.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of figured out
Verb
  • It’s constructed on some of the softest coco bread around, but that’s not the best part.
    — Justin Brown, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
  • The suit alleges those employees knew the warehouse constructed on the property in 2022 would be used for fireworks storage and operations but did not enforce applicable safety and environmental requirements.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of constructed
Verb
  • The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the team solved this by inventing a custom catalyst that pairs cobalt with nickel.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
  • Successful companies have a taste for what their customers want, what works and what does not, in the marketplace, and which problems should be solved and which avoided.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of solved
Verb
  • As Spain’s World Cup-winning heroes assembled on the podium, opponents Argentina, bedraggled and beaten, turned their backs.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • The site where Americans learned to work with the last foreign future is where the next one is being assembled.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • By February, only days after Skubal’s arbitration hearing was resolved peacefully, the storm was building.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Pollack told the court that the immunity issue should be resolved before any subsequent litigation over the government’s evidence.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of resolved
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