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
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.
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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
The student veterans handled much of the physical labor involved in piecing the wall together and securing it to the ground.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
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
The student veterans handled much of the physical labor involved in piecing the wall together and securing it to the ground.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing
Verb
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For hard-to-fill positions, companies and hiring managers may benefit from building their talent pipelines well in advance.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Starting with retail, the company is delivering clear, measurable [return on investment] today while building a proprietary data advantage that strengthens with every deployment.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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SpaceX is still in the process of constructing infrastructure that the market anticipates could become indispensable later.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Ground crews are focused on constructing fire lines to strengthen containment efforts, while air tankers continue dropping retardant ahead of the fire to slow its spread.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Verb
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The ingredients became rather expensive, not to mention that baking, assembling, decorating and transporting a carrot wedding cake was no small feat.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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But a shopping agent assembling an outfit, or a financial model deciding which risk is worth flagging and which is just chatter, operates in territory where what is good splinters into many defensible answers.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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That’s how long the 35-year-old Yankees ace had to wait before finally making his return from Tommy John surgery on Friday night in the Bronx.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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That program has a six-night, seven-day minimum stay that’s turned a discrete and diverse crowd—the uber-wealthy; the wellness aficionados making a big first splurge; everyone in-between—into dedicated Ranchers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
Verb
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And while track and field adopted the dual-advancement and dual-medal system, the policy does not easily translate to head-to-head contact sports or other athletic competitions, creating what critics see as a glaring inconsistency across the state.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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David then wakes up inside the woman's body, immediately creating a crisis.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Piecing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piecing. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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