piecing (together)

verb

present participle of piece (together)
1
as in building

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2
as in figuring out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piecing (together)
  1. building
  2. figuring out
  3. constructing
  4. working out
  5. assembling
  6. solving
  7. compounding
  8. writing
Verb
  • Since its founding, Storyteller has made flexible vans with outdoor accoutrements front of mind, building out versatile multi-use spaces for strapping in large cargo during the ride before rearranging into a bedroom/workshop once there.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Coniglio collaborated with Bloomingdale’s Carousel in 2025, building a 2,000-square-foot space at the New York flagship and will be on Moda Operandi next month.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of building
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  • Michael is also in charge of interfacing with frontier AI labs and figuring out long-term coordination on AI across the government.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of figuring out
Verb
  • Tearing down existing homes on land that is more than 6,000 square feet of the property and constructing multi-family units would produce a financial gap that makes the construction infeasible, according to the study.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Shout out to my little brother, who gifted me a New York Times Games subscription back in 2023 and began my journey to constructing.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • Yen is now writing a fresh draft and working out the film’s visual style.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In a recent Instagram post, the 61-year-old supermodel shared her gym routine with her many followers, and shared working out has helped her in more ways than one.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of working out
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  • Ukraine has earned worldwide recognition for its cutting-edge drone industry, designing and assembling systems that have changed modern warfare.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Those aren't great odds, but as Dodgers fans kept reminding everyone while assembling their superteam, baseball is inherently random.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Besides transporting me back to ancient China, solving this problem took me back to my own roots as a mathematician.
    — Dana Mackenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The experiment shows that small models are becoming increasingly capable at solving those problems autonomously.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of solving
Verb
  • Located at 641 Avenue of the Americas in Chelsea, the 44,000-square-foot space brings together perfumers, fragrance development teams, application, digital and compounding capabilities under one roof.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Latif, a hitman who’s also a father of three and a practicing Muslim, faces compounding crises when his wife dies, leaving him with a newborn who can’t tolerate formula.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of compounding
Verb
  • Ayham Nadeem Assi, 22, of West Bloomfield, was charged by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald with one count of hate crime for allegedly writing an anti-Black racial slur on a Novi couple's driveway, prosecutors say.
    — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Yurlady eventually acts as peacemaker, writing to the daughter that her father is a decent man, and didn’t hurt her.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of writing
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