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Wenner wanted a tougher piece than she was willing to write.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Semantic structure refers to how ideas, words, and concepts are connected within a piece of language.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
I recently wrote a piece asking whether I’m becoming obsolete, as a portfolio manager and a professor, since machines can now do so much of what I used to do by hand.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
I’m almost positive this piece existed; and the fact that I couldn’t find any mention of it in the sad, hollowed-out husk of the 2026 internet offers no proof that it didn’t.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
I was doling out a drop of the Davitamon each morning on her piece of black bread, but how much longer could the small bottle last?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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After working with a 17-foot canoe as a centerpiece for the Huntington exhibition, Saar told Curate LA that she felt compelled to return to small-scale pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tiny pieces of flint were also found lodged inside the marks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
McNish began writing poetry again after graduating and started reading her pieces at open-mic nights.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Reworking her pieces felt, she writes, like a “soothing exercise, a way to return to a younger self and tinker with her words and assumptions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Miss Mathis took a step back and studied the pieces.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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"We finally pieced together the geologic records necessary to test this hypothesis."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Ever since Pikachu appeared on the corner of the dugout wall next to the camera well last month, the Angels have pieced together some big moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Suzanne Sando, a lead analyst in fraud management at Javelin Strategy & Research, says people often underestimate how much information can be pieced together from what feels like harmless conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Thursday brought a swath of economic data that, when pieced together, point to a softening consumer.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
“My aunt Josie Smull pieced that quilt. Drop it down.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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Nearly two weeks later, OpenAI is still piecing together what happened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
For more than a century, neuroscientists have studied the human brain much as early cartographers mapped unknown lands: piecing together a vast landscape from scattered observations.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Chief government veterinary officer Beth Cookson said scientists were still piecing together the details of how H5 might be spreading.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Trump’s emissaries—his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his realtor friend Steve Witkoff—came close to piecing together such a deal through Pakistan emissaries.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
I’m mighty grateful for your help piecing together this mystery.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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