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
Offering max-level cushioning without the bulk, these sneakers are easy to pair with plenty of pieces in your travel wardrobe and add a dose of personality that’s bound to draw compliments. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Crab shells, whole and in pieces, turned up all over the school, to be swept away with the dust and fallen leaves and other litter, placed in a trash bag, and carried off behind the buildings to the incinerator. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Through a long winter, more young players will be forced to sell off pieces of their future just to stay afloat. — Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Instead of focusing on matching everything, think about mixing pieces, advise Kevin Kaminski and Alexis Pew, the founders of the architecture and interior design firm Kaminski + Pew. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026 The occasional hints on non-denim pieces come in the material’s colors for devoré tops, lace underpinnings and jacquard knits, which often reprise Dondup’s tribal logo. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026 By preserving them in casting resin, they can be transformed into decorative pieces or jewelry. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026 As a result, the Ducks start with several new pieces up front and thin experience on the blue line, which isn’t a good look for a team that gave up 288 goals last season, fourth-most in the NHL. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Both Bennu and Ryugu are pieces of larger bodies that at some point were smashed apart. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 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
  • In the Krasnodar region, Ukrainian drone fragments sparked a brief fire on the premises of an industrial facility, regional emergency officials said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The disk fragments as the neutron star passes further into the densest region of the river of plasma.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.
    — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
  • There’s the largest assemblage of Lichtenstein mirror works ever installed together in a museum context, and a complete re-creation of his first Pop art show at Leo Castelli’s gallery uptown.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Muzzle flashes appeared to show various guns shooting at the home, police said.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In all, officials say Operation Heatwave led to 96 arrests and the recovery of 62 guns in 2023.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • About 3 to 6 inches of rain was forecast for Guerrero and Michoacán states, with smaller amounts possible for coastal portions of Oaxaca, Colima and Jalisco states.
    — DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Police said investigators were later shown clips from Peters’ Twitch account that captured portions of the evening.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Through artifacts spanning 5,000 years, the exhibition constructs an extraordinary history of fashion and the body—material, carnal, vulnerable, seductive, devotional, fragmented—and its transpositions into various expressive languages.
    — Judith Clark, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Speaking in the October/November issue of Reader’s Digest, out Friday, Groban told interviewer Leigh Belz Ray (who is also the 104-year-old magazine’s editor in chief) that he was cautioned that the comedy bits might confuse some fans of his music.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Both Carrie Ann and Derek praise Guillermo for committing to the character of the dance instead of comedy bits.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Characterized by striking color palettes and graphic compositions, his images mix art, activism and popular culture.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Zimmer’s live shows allow for these compositions to exist in a different life, making music originally written to accompany scenes on screen into the centerpiece of a full-scale arena production.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Officers seized the firearms, deer and other evidence, CDFW said.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • On Monday, Aurora Police Special Operations Group investigators conducted traffic stops on two separate vehicles, resulting in the arrests of two people and the recovery of two firearms, the Aurora Police Department said in a news release.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieces. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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