string together
verb
strung together; stringing together; strings together
: to combine (different things) into something that is complete, useful, etc.
See if you can string the theories together into something that makes sense.
The filmmaker strung together interviews with a number of experts on the subject.
: to create (something) by putting different things together
She was finding it hard to string together a coherent argument.
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Before all of the late-game drama, the Rockies strung together multiple at-bats to build a big lead.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Sporting Kansas City has been mired near the bottom of Major League Soccer for some time now, but the club just strung together its best week of competition in years under new head coach Raphael Wicky.
—Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
And even when the Phillies finally got to him in the fifth, stringing together three singles to load the bases with one out, Suarez didn’t waver.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Following six quiet innings, Willy Adames and Matt Chapman strung together back-to-back singles to get the Dodgers’ two-way superstar on the ropes.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Sporting Kansas City has been mired near the bottom of Major League Soccer for some time now, but the club just strung together its best week of competition in years under new head coach Raphael Wicky.
—Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
And even when the Phillies finally got to him in the fifth, stringing together three singles to load the bases with one out, Suarez didn’t waver.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Following six quiet innings, Willy Adames and Matt Chapman strung together back-to-back singles to get the Dodgers’ two-way superstar on the ropes.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
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“String together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20together. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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