pieces 1 of 2

plural of piece
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as in works
a literary, musical, or artistic production presented a new interpretation of the piece by Mozart

Synonyms & Similar Words

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pieces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of piece

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pieces
Noun
The trick is to break up the jacket-and-skirt combo and pair each with more casual pieces that take the edge off its classic finish. — Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026 Everyone made it out of the shoot unharmed, but the finished product is filled with harrowing set-pieces that are sure to push audiences to the brink. — William Earl, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 InfuseZen textiles are made from 100% organic Turkish cotton, which gets softer and more absorbent with each wash, creating pieces designed to be used and loved for years. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The exhibition will bring together 120 works by 55 artists from 23 countries, including pieces by Jean Dubuffet, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, and Victor Vasarely, alongside 17 new commissions. — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026 All the pieces were in place for the Longhorns to make a run at the title this fall, but a loss today puts everything on life support. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Bleecker Street was unable to pay for placement of about a half-dozen pieces of content in recent days. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026 The pieces were sourced through Blanckaert’s network of former clients and private collectors. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Smaller pieces of the roof broke apart as sections detached from the main frame of the building. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Verb
As Sullivan pieces those holdovers from the previous regime together with his first full free agency class in 2027 and a second draft class, the roster could really start to come together in another year. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026 Bieber poses in matching bras and underwear with little beyond the seamless background, straightforward lighting and the cotton pieces themselves in the frame. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 The musician noted that his tattoo artist, Roxx, had told him that pieces this large usually take around two years to complete. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 The director pieces the film together in elliptical fashion. — Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pieces
Noun
  • But the archaeologists who excavated the new skeletal fragments from Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq say the fossils weave a complex tale of Neanderthal life and death, beyond what appeared to be deliberate violence.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The show’s name was inspired by the scientific name for the nightshades family of plants and the paintings had fragments of darkness.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Keynesianism gets a brain freeze John Maynard Keynes is basically the father of macroeconomics, the study of how the entire economy works, including what the government can do to fight recessions, boost employment, and control inflation.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Several works confront the digital systems shaping contemporary life, subverting algorithms and finding room for human error and agency.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Assassin is a real-life game played around the world, with NERF guns or water pistols most commonly used as the assassination method.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The United States is currently managing to get significant amounts of crude oil (if not refined product) through the strait, but only by providing costly military protection to tankers that slip past Iran’s guns with their transponders off.
    — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The possible outages would affect portions of counties, not entire counties, the utility stressed.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Scoop the cookie dough in small portions all over the top of the brownie batter, leaving space between them for the brownie batter to rise up during baking.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • By placing a fashion executive from PVH next to a global marketing executive from Coca-Cola and an independent visual artist, the house constructs a network of perspectives capable of sorting through complex challenges.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • O’Rourke and double bassist Johan Berthling shape a steady drone, while Ishibashi’s piano runs suggest time-lapse footage of ice crystals forming, ordinary little bits cohering into objects of wonder.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Cryptographers responded by lengthening the keys, and 2,048 bits is now considered the minimum.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, Hugo says the case encompasses a much broader body of work stemming from compositions the two created during nearly 50 studio sessions between 2019 and 2021.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Lighting references were painted directly over layout images so artists could match intended compositions, but differently colored characters still required individual lighting adjustments within the same scene.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Several firearms and other evidence were found by police inside the home.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Minors can also temporarily possess firearms for lawful reasons, such as hunting or target practice.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Cite this Entry

“Pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieces. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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