PIECING (TOGETHER) Synonyms: 89 Similar Words

piecing (together)

verb

present participle of piece (together)

as in building

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That is a new discipline, and the businesses building it now will have a significant head start.

— Derya Matras, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
On land, over 1,000 trees were preserved while building the resort.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

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While the Florida Panthers received relatively good news about the injuries to Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand — Barkov out six to eight weeks, Marchand six weeks — the team still is tasked with figuring out how to replace their star forwards.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
But in evaluating potential starters on that side of the ball, certain schematic approaches and just simply figuring out how to get off the field on third down, there are some real questions that need answers going into the free weekend in Frisco.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

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In 2024, a development group under the name Bloomfield Lot 6 Office, LLC, began constructing a building on the property at 1716 Keller Parkway, directly behind the Pyles’ home.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
Tradepoint also handles cargo, including vehicles and bulk materials, and is constructing a container terminal that is expected to reshape the Port of Baltimore.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of constructing

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Two years of eating brownies and pizza as meals, never working out, and entrepreneurial pressure had snowballed into gastrointestinal reflux disease.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
This pre-season, Jadon Sancho spent time at Flixton FC, working out in private training sessions on the banks of the once busy Manchester Ship Canal.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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Mark Zuckerberg is also establishing a family compound Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is worth $261 billion, has also been assembling a family compound in Palo Alto one house at a time.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
The new leadership team that Skydance is assembling under the direction of Ellison and Ynon Kreiz, just recruited from Mattel to serve as co-CEO, has to navigate that dynamic.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembling

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Others said the approach OpenAI and other AI companies have taken to solving mathematical problems constitutes an assault on mathematics as a human academic discipline.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
The cable outlet has picked up a second season of the show, which stars Tracy Spiridakos (Chicago PD) as a crime-solving national park ranger.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

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But oil revenue has been particularly constrained by theft and pipeline vandalism that has cost the country about $300 billion in recent years, compounding in a worsening security crisis that has hampered the overall economy.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Besides the deaths of a dozen people from the compounding pharmacy in New England, some groups have raised broader safety concerns about drugs from compounding pharmacies.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of compounding

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The original Latin meaning of curriculum vitae led me to imagine writing their history as the course of a life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Sethi started writing after reading reports of Afghan refugees being moved out of temporary shelters as Germany took in large numbers of Ukrainians escaping the war.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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