PIECING Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

piecing

verb

present participle of piece

as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth

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Recent Examples of piecing Through the limited perspectives of letters, readers are only able to see events from one point of view at first, but have the satisfying experience of piecing the full story together as more perspectives are revealed. — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 Without a clear presentation to Congress or a formal address to the nation, the administration's communication has been scattershot and intermittent, leaving Americans with the task of piecing it all together. — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 According to his mother, Anthony at one point had been piecing things together and was volunteering in the community. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026 As the pair confer with forensics and begin piecing things together, the detectives learn that the unit was once home to Oliver and his live-in girlfriend, Ciara. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 Researchers are currently piecing the story together, one experiment at a time, rather than proving out every step sequentially in the same set of organisms. — Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025 The two men, by that time, began piecing a plan together and met with their wives about it. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025 Now, Kolchenko and his team are piecing it back together. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025 Bruck made her costume herself, sewing each vine on by hand and carefully piecing it together in the weeks leading up to the party, as her friends told WXYZ-TV Detroit. — Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

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That includes more than $1 billion to renovate the troubled Rice Street jail and a $300 million commitment to building a new hospital in southern Fulton County.

— Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Yet Alpine’s new architecture has been developed entirely without building expensive prototypes and refining them with any track testing until this point.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026

Definition of building

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To replace them, Russia is constructing the Leningrad-II nuclear facility at a neighboring site, which will house four VVER-1200 units, with the aim of supplying power till the 2080s, and possibly another two decades with extensions.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
But SpaceX has plowed ahead, constructing a launchpad and other infrastructure to host Starships.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of constructing

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Recipe Tips for Sailor Sandwich Browning the pastrami and knockwurst before assembling the sandwich builds flavor and removes moisture from the meats, which helps keep the bread crisp.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
The company is now assembling the Starcloud-2 mission, a 450 kg satellite with 8 kW of power generation.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Definition of assembling

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His removal sparked public protests and discord within the Ukrainian military, with Fedorov making an outspoken attack on the chief of the armed forces, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, on Thursday.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The Three Lions were just six minutes away from making their first World Cup final since 1966.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of making

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Iran’s new energy weapon Following the start of US- and Israeli-led attacks on February 28, Iran almost immediately declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, creating the largest oil supply shock in history.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Hochul, in signing the order, directed the Department of Public Service (DPS) to consider creating the fund to help support the procurement of a clean energy supply and establish an insurance pool to protect against large loads.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 July 2026