PIECING TOGETHER Synonyms: 89 Similar Words

piecing (together)

verb

present participle of piece (together)

as in building

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as in figuring out

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Eighty of the rocket's flights this year have been dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 11,000 active spacecraft.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Dynamic Creatures is building software, and using hardware from Unitree, AgiBot, and Boston Dynamics.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of building

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That makes the research less like searching a catalog for the right material and more like figuring out the rules for building one.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
For Alexander Lee, back-to-school shopping used to mean hours spent comparing prices, reading reviews, and figuring out where to buy a growing list of supplies for his two kids.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of figuring out

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Companies are racing into rural America to build not only data centers but facilities for the businesses constructing and servicing them.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Building faster without sacrificing design Monumental intends to expand beyond bricklaying into other parts of constructing a building’s shell.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of constructing

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The coach is photographed in a variety of tongue-in-cheek situations such as grilling, taking an ice plunge, beekeeping, working out and doing karate — all while wearing khakis.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Michigan State’s special teams hire is paying off Michigan State’s big assistant hire is already working out.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of working out

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Major initiatives often begin by assembling representatives from finance, operations, technology, legal and other functions.

— Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Sellers gear up all year for Cannes assembling packages and then shopping them on the market, then all the Europeans take the summer off.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of assembling

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Their warning concerns what happens when solving the problem becomes the objective itself.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Carter was recently named a finalist for the David Prize, an award given out by the Walentas Family Foundation (the same family behind the developer Two Trees) to New Yorkers with ideas for solving local problems.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of solving

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The operational changes at the Postal Service are compounding worries about the future of voting by mail, especially in some Western states where the method is universal and widely popular.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Although compounding pharmacies have legitimate uses, they are minimally regulated and their costs can be exorbitant.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of compounding

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