piecemeal

Example Sentences

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You are in a fortunate position: It’s easier to sell shares piecemeal than, say, real estate.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

But, critics say, the use of this data is still often too piecemeal and isolated, with no overarching strategy to bring it together cohesively.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

"After decades of limited and piecemeal investments in the North, Canada's new government is acting with a scale of ambition worthy of this vast region and its peoples," he said in March.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Beijing’s continued push for a stronger social safety net will eventually pay dividends, but the piecemeal annual improvements simply won’t move the needle on consumer spending in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

With the benefit of hindsight, surely we can see that piecemeal policy reform or litigation alone would have been a futile approach to dismantling Jim Crow segregation.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander