cobble

Example Sentences

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To cobble together the package of content you want requires subscribing to multiple services at ever-increasing cost.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The “gig economy” entered the lingo in 2009, as increasing numbers of people tried to cobble two or more part-time, no-benefit “gigs” into a living wage.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Now, I’m the one who must cobble together an agenda if I want even a fraction of that payback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“In my opinion, the time has come to no longer just try and cobble together programs here and there just to get by,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

So bit by bit, while scrubbing and Windexing and buffing, I cobble together a philosophy of glorious nonattachment.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich