pieced (together)

Definition of pieced (together)next
past tense of piece (together)
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Verb
  • Cove Gardens, where my family lived, was a sprawling red brick rental complex built after the war for the light-industrial, service, and clerical workers who were saving up for their own houses in a better area.
    Chang-rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • Each bag is slightly different, all of them built to last, and the result is a bag equally at home on a boat, a beach, or a farmers’ market.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Haiti continues to grapple with the devastation of the 2010 earthquake, compounded by subsequent natural disasters, political turmoil, and economic challenges.
    Dr. Alister Martin, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The intensity of the flames and the resulting smoke, compounded by the fact that the fire spread over the area mostly after dark, hampered the aerial firefighting strategy.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Angels got two runners on with one out in the eighth, but Grant Taylor worked out of the jam to maintain the three-run lead.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The 22-year-old from Nigeria declared for the 2025 draft and worked out for teams, but was not invited to the combine.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The intensive, weeklong building sessions named after former President Jimmy Carter and his late wife Rosalynn have constructed roughly 5,000 homes in 14 countries since 1984.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The team constructed by former Nuggets executive Tim Connelly has ended its season twice in the last three years.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • In the lab, participants figured out forty-two per cent of the puzzles that showed up in their dreams.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • But few of them figured out Congress as quickly as Massie, who had grown up in rural Kentucky but earned two degrees in engineering from MIT.
    Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the process, however, one of the big distinguishing aspects of TV – the large audiences who once assembled to watch dramas, sitcoms and reality shows – has eroded.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The material below was assembled through reporting and a survey provided to Gonez.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sometimes acronyms are purposely devised to reinforce a message.
    Clarissa Brincat, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In a statement released earlier this month, company officials claimed the engine was devised in response to rising costs in general aviation.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And a Louisiana cop haunted for decades by a teen’s murder didn’t live long enough to see it be solved.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Why traditional enterprise software hasn’t solved it CRM systems, rebate portals, and ERP platforms manage transactions and program workflows effectively.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Pieced (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieced%20%28together%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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