pieced

past tense of piece

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pieced Taylor has not yet credited the artist who pieced her vision together. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 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 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
  • In a statement posted on X, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stood in front of a bulldozer near the site of the shootout and promised Israel would tear down Palestinian buildings constructed without permits in the area.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The upper is constructed of a gray mesh with matching suede overlays and translucent TPU side panels.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The two built the models that modern central banks use to stabilize the economy, shifting macro policymakers’ focus from big economic variables like inflation and unemployment to the actual decisions of individuals.
    — Dario Marino, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The organization built a political presence in Texas with lobbying and legislative testimony as the state pushed back on transgender ideology in recent years.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.
    — Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After a week of respecting the sanctity of spoilers, our critics have assembled to discuss the movie in detail.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the second half, the Charlotte Hornets’ newcomers made their own big impact.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
  • This is the basic technology that revolutionized US oil a decade ago, and made the country by far the world’s top producer.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Pieced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieced. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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