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
Yelp’s list celebrates used furniture stores across the country that offer affordable alternatives to traditional retail, highlighting businesses where shoppers can find distinctive pieces without the price tag of brand-new furniture. Evan Moore july 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026 In today’s cultural economy, where archival fashion pieces, horology, and unique collections blur with investment strategy, the ability to maintain image and ownership while accessing capital quietly is increasingly prized for some. Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 After picking up Bryce Young’s fifth-year option and adding key pieces across the roster, the Panthers enter 2026 with higher expectations as the team eyes a second consecutive division title. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026 Many pieces explore the theme of movement—fitting for a city in constant flux. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026 The nutcracker was several years in the making, with the pieces crafted in Utah and assembled in Luverne. ABC News, 21 July 2026 Each of these pieces is roughly 12 feet across and weighs around 7,500 pounds. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Ultimately, much of the score for The Odyssey starts off with sounds emerging organically from the film’s environment that then gather into lovely, powerful pieces of music. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026 In a new profile put out by Tablet, a Jewish magazine that has published pieces in support of Zionism, Lévy addressed the response to October 7 more broadly in the US. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 July 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
  • Instead of communicating with the other operator to decide who will make the dodge, Starlink satellites automatically avoid other objects — both space debris fragments or operational satellites — whenever there is a conjunction alert.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Rainfall likely caused any additional meteorite fragments that fell outside to disintegrate.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • Its catalog includes works of German literature and translations from French English, and Icelandic, notably the work of Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness.
    News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026
  • How perimenopause supplement stacking works A stack is a modular set of supplements chosen for symptoms rather than a one-size-fits-all multivitamin.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • When Marshall showed up, Reyes and Chamberlain both fired guns at Marshall as Marshall tried to get away, according to the affidavit.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • However, drones can also be vulnerable to guns, electronic warfare, and short-range air-defense systems.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • The systems target demanding high-performance computing (HPC) workloads alongside emerging agentic AI applications that can automate portions of scientific research and engineering analysis.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • These metropolitan economies are often more connected to global markets and peer cities than to large portions of their own states.
    John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Through Taylor-Joy’s character, the series reminds us to face ourselves, even the broken and painful bits that feel shameful.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • What otherwise might have been worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids due to where the two items were 57 years ago—lifting off aboard NASA’s Apollo 11 spacecraft on humanity’s first mission to land astronauts on the Moon.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • None of the group's other compositions have cracked 300 frames, but all of them have held on for years.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The screen is big, the image is sharp and bright, but Nolan’s visual compositions are dull—just pictures of actors acting, without style or poetry—and his fetish for size is just bombast and vanity.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • On Saturday, Judge D’Anthony Thedford allowed for Davis’ pretrial release, but ordered him to surrender his firearm owner’s identification card and firearms to law enforcement within 48 hours.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

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“Pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieces. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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