pieced

past tense of piece

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pieced Search warrants filed in court in Watauga County detail how police pieced the case together. Julia Coin updated July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026 Among the most harrowing was an overhead photograph of Rivas’ body pieced back together on a metal table, her face skeletonized. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026 Over the course of the clip, which has been reversed, the room is slowly pieced back together until it is returned to its perfect state. Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Following the Japanese art form Kintsugi, the packaging is made up of gold- and silver-filled pottery fragments to resemble a broken heart pieced back together. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 Milton was one or two plays away from some elite wins early on in the year, and have finally pieced them together as winners in seven of its last eight to crack the top 10. Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026 More recently, advisers have begun expanding their purview beyond acquisitions into estate planning, collection management, and institutional strategy, and Pirtle sees her pitch as one that links those strands should together, rather than having them be pieced out across different specialists. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Years later, after fans repeatedly demanded the full version, Swift pieced it together into the now-iconic 10-minute track. Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 The Herald pieced some of the correspondence together in order to draw as complete a picture as possible of the various cases. Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pieced
Verb
  • Azalea Group The Palmares’ Golf Course Palmares, which Frank Pennick originally designed, was constructed in 1974 as a conventional 18-hole members' golf club until having a major makeover in 2011.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Since that initial commitment, ATALCO has expanded its alumina production capabilities and constructed a pilot facility for primary gallium production at the Louisiana refinery.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • It’s still built with comfort in mind, thanks to the flowy material and stretchy elastic waistbands of the pants and top, but has a simple cut that can be dressed up or down easily.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The CoreHMC system built by Captive Devices plugs directly into Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, letting performers and crews capture, review and tweak facial performance in real time on set.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Engineers have assembled a prototype air-cooling rig to test the passive safety systems.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • High prices, closed factories Anderson said from January to July this year, there were about 689,000 vehicles assembled in Canada.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Only 15 pieces will be made worldwide, with no restock planned.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The findings of the report demonstrate the shifts made by the brands that are capturing value from circularity rather than just complying.
    Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Pieced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieced. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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