piece (together)

verb

Definition of piece (together)next
1
as in to construct

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2
as in to figure out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piece (together)
  1. construct
  2. figure out
  3. compound
  4. work out
  5. build
  6. iron out
  7. assemble
  8. solve
Verb
  • By land, the trip is possible for only a few weeks each winter, when the swampy tundra freezes hard enough to construct a temporary road.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • Crocker, one of the Big Four, proposed hiring them to construct the railroad but faced pushback.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of construct
Verb
  • With attacking talent aplenty – including star man Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, Désiré Doué and Bradley Barcola – Zidane will have to figure out a way to find harmony among his forward options.
    — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • At the same time, researchers are trying to figure out how to extract critical minerals from seaweed.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Definition of figure out
Verb
  • Earlier in the year, the pressure to score compounded as players searched for the big hit every time.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The telehealth industry, after all, is more or less built on compounding pharmacies; Hims & Hers actually bought its own in 2024.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of compound
Verb
  • When second-year pass rusher Nic Scourton was being carted off the field Thursday, Gill was working out on his own following a standout season in the United Football League.
    — Mike Kaye July 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
  • Higuchi was already at home in this rubbery soundworld, but his determination to work out his own feelings in this already frenzied context pushes his music past the cartoonish and into the truly demonic.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026
Definition of work out
Verb
  • It’s been less than a year since Georgia Power’s regulator said the utility could double the size of its power grid and build new power plants, solar arrays and battery storage because of all the data centers slated to come here.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
  • The demand for memory chips in the data centers being built to power AI is causing a shortage and sending prices skyrocketing.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of build
Verb
  • Exec producer Ritchie was among those who helped iron out the differences.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 July 2026
  • Now, the project is still in its early stages, with many kinks, known and unknown, to iron out.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
Definition of iron out
Verb
  • Jacobsen has assembled plenty of relevant precedents for an unprecedented cataclysm.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • The narrator references the tolling of the clock while waiting for the characters to assemble—engineering as theatrical an atmosphere for the start of the story, as possible, and cementing that performance is the story’s governing framework.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • No one bill was ever going to solve every affordability challenge facing this country.
    — Kent Strang, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
  • The problem of non-competitive midseason spectacles lives on for another group to try to solve.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of solve
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