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Synonyms

piece together

Idioms  

  1. Join or combine parts into a whole, as in With information from several observers, she pieced together an account of what had actually taken place. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

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“So they can piece together their 450 hours using their interests to shape what their curriculum looks like.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Communities dedicated to open-source intelligence piece together fragments of information in real time.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

This month, Slovenia’s intelligence department began reaching out to other European spy agencies to try to identify the visitors—and piece together a mystery that has reverberations from Ukraine to Israel to the war in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

To piece together what is happening below, scientists examine lava flows, rock textures, and minerals left behind at the surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

The noises start to piece together, and I look up as a pan clatters against the stove.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

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