puzzle

Example Sentences

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Margins are the final piece of the puzzle for investors.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Those newer products have been one piece of the puzzle for big consumer-goods companies.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

While the outro feels tacked on, upon reflection, it’s the missing piece that transforms the movie from a puzzle into a proclamation on group cohesion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

A long-standing puzzle involving dozens of unusually small dinosaur fossils has finally been resolved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Their meetings acquired the flavor of a postmodern literary puzzle: The story rang true even as the narrator seemed entirely unreliable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis