piecing together

Example Sentences

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Now, Korda is back on the type of rare run that few are capable of piecing together.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

They spend hours in lines, piecing together meals from whatever they can find, constantly worrying about what to put on the kitchen table tomorrow.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

The attackers appeared to have moved through interconnected systems, computers and phones, gradually piecing together a detailed picture of the museum's operations, Corriere reported.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Dunlop wrote up a one-page treatment and, by 2004, began piecing together a sizzle reel for his idea, “Behind the Gates,” to shop to networks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

To discover the agent of disease and death depends on a patient piecing together of many seemingly distinct and unrelated facts developed through a vast amount of research in widely separated fields.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson