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as in building
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as in figuring out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing (together)
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Rivkin later spent decades as a Soviet dissident before immigrating to the United States in hopes of building a new life.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Meanwhile, the experts point to Meghan Markle’s expanding business pursuits in California, where the Duchess of Sussex has focused on building an entrepreneurial empire in her home state.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Residents are still figuring out how the two groups should support each other.—
Samuel O’Neal
January 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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In an era when IP is king at the theatrical box office, particularly when it’s encroached upon by streaming, what’s the trick to figuring out if an original project can play to a mass audience or a Gen Z one?—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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The nonprofit expects to spend another $6 million over the next couple years constructing its new campus.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2026
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Is Mark Zuckerberg constructing a gold mine or a financial sinkhole?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The massive installation was created by German artist Benjamin Klapper, who spent more than a month assembling the sculpture in a bid to break a Guinness World Record.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Apatow and Berkeley were joined by Bamford herself in the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, to discuss the process of assembling a film about her multifaceted career.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2026
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Some rules that Boyce must follow over the next many months include having no visitors inside his room, not using any alcohol or drugs and working out frequently, with a goal of losing weight and building up strength.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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My now-husband and I were newly a couple and still working out the kinks and crumples in an evolving relationship.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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An already serious injury crisis is compounding.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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This structural and compounding loss heightened by sidelining Black women’s leaders drains institutions of current productivity and future leadership pipelines.—
Jallicia Jolly,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Aftermath of a jail death Within three hours of Jamall Brown’s death, an internal-affairs sergeant was writing a different version of what had happened.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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In other words, people now in their 70s are writing to me about an issue that affected their parents.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Unlike classical supercomputers, which excel at simulations and data-heavy tasks, quantum computers operate on fundamentally different principles, enabling new approaches to solving problems that are considered impractical using traditional computing methods.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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His first series was about a talking police helicopter that helped a pair of cops, played by James Farentino and a very young Dana Carvey, who flew around solving crimes.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Piecing (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piecing%20%28together%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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