piecing (together)

verb

present participle of piece (together)
1
as in building

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2
as in figuring out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing (together)
  1. building
  2. figuring out
  3. constructing
  4. working out
  5. assembling
  6. solving
  7. compounding
  8. writing
Verb
  • Mid-cap companies are also investing more in building new capacity, Nitin Bhasin, head of institutional equities at Ambit Capital, told CNBC.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Zag will sit down with Deadline at the Rendez-Vous to discuss the business, and his approach to building animation franchises and connecting with younger audiences.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of building
Verb
  • Gayer’s primary concern now is figuring out how to grow the company in an efficient and sustainable way.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The harder task can be figuring out how to make that part usable again.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of figuring out
Verb
  • Asante draws a manufacturing analogy—with some exaggeration—arguing that previous nuclear power plants were built bespoke, akin to constructing an entire factory to produce a single car.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Mendoza, of the Philippine Tennis Association, told me that new public courts are being built around the country, and the government is constructing a new national tennis center.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • Some fitness enthusiasts swear that working out on an empty stomach burns more fat, while others insist that eating beforehand is essential for maximizing energy and performance.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Fry and Drew did make important contributions, working out passive techniques for setting hot and humid air in motion.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of working out
Verb
  • As that year’s freshman class president, Miles’ father, George, was instrumental in assembling some 600 freshmen to lug into place 300 tons of loose rock left over from the stadium excavation.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • On the provider side, the response is a person opening a portal, reading the denial reason, pulling the record and assembling an appeal by hand.
    — Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • According to the researchers, careful process design and optimization as well as architecture simplification could help in solving most of these issues, something that industrial production focuses on much more than academic researchers.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the agents had, by collaborating amongst themselves, quickly found a way to manufacture answers to cyber challenges without actually solving the questions in the way ExploitGym’s creators had intended.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of solving
Verb
  • Substances such as sermorelin, tesamorelin, CJC-1295, ipamorelin and a suite of other formulas are reaching more people through compounding pharmacies, telehealth prescribers and longevity clinics.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That is how a working household starts benefiting from compounding.
    — Michael Faulkender, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounding
Verb
  • Additionally, writing longer, more detailed descriptions of concerns (over 100 words) significantly increased response rates.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Dunham is adapting the script with Jessica Huang, while Jepsen is writing the music and lyrics with Ethan Gruska.
    — Jessica Barrett, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of writing
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“Piecing (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piecing%20%28together%29. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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