piecing (together)

verb

present participle of piece (together)
1
as in building

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2
as in figuring out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing (together)
  1. building
  2. figuring out
  3. constructing
  4. working out
  5. assembling
  6. solving
  7. compounding
  8. writing
Verb
  • The vast majority of SpaceX's launches this year — at the moment, 74 of them — have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of nearly 11,000 operational satellites.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For anyone building toward a finer piece, a moissanite tennis necklace offers a graceful starting point.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of building
Verb
  • Quarterback Did Notre Dame get any closer to figuring out its QB2?
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In figuring out how to move past his breakout role, Stokes sought the advice of an expert on the matter — Dawson’s Creek alum Joshua Jackson.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of figuring out
Verb
  • Better access began not with constructing another clinic or hiring an entirely new workforce, but with examining how existing capacity was used.
    — Eugene Litvak, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Isolating each peak required constructing a very specific function that, when multiplied by the original fractal-like function, would pull out just the peak and be close to zero everywhere else.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • However, even those without a passion for boxing can enjoy working out with a speed bag.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Bieber's carousel also included a video of herself working out at a gym and a photo in which she was seen holding a plate of meatballs topped with red sauce and cheese.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of working out
Verb
  • An Acquisition Chain, Not A One-Off OpenRouter lands on top of a stack Stripe has been assembling piece by piece.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Building for agents means solving specific problems already on the table.
    — Lital Marom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Ideally, our conversation at that time should’ve covered many other things, but because of this vibration issue, we were forced to focus solely on solving that.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of solving
Verb
  • In Egypt, for example, steep hikes in fuel and food prices and enormous losses of Suez Canal revenues as the war disrupts global shipping are compounding existing fiscal and unemployment crises.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • RMDs now begin at age 73 (rising to 75 in 2033), and they are calculated as a growing percentage of an account that has likely kept compounding all along.
    — Dana Dunkelberger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounding
Verb
  • But Democrats, like Senator Richard Blumenthal, writing to Secretary Hegseth and Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, demanding answers about the conditions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Just three years ago, Katie Husher was writing software to control autonomous vehicles at Cruise in San Francisco.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of writing
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