piece together
phrasal verb
pieced together; piecing together; pieces together
: to make (something) by bringing together various parts or pieces
She pieced the quilt together from scraps of old cloth.
: to bring together (various parts or pieces) to form one complete thing
The police had to piece together reports from several witnesses to get an accurate account of what happened.
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Kluge, who is Variety’s creative director, and visual director Jennifer Dorn enjoy the challenge of putting the puzzle pieces together for five cover images that are meant to work as standalone images and as a panoramic single image.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The process of fitting all of those new pieces together has been, as Brown noted, a work in progress.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Detectives on Saturday said Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, were taken into custody after weeks of tracking leads, reviewing surveillance footage and piecing together digital evidence.
—Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Across Gaza, education has been displaced into makeshift tents or broken classrooms, where teachers try to piece together lessons between interruptions.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The process of fitting all of those new pieces together has been, as Brown noted, a work in progress.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Detectives on Saturday said Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, were taken into custody after weeks of tracking leads, reviewing surveillance footage and piecing together digital evidence.
—Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Across Gaza, education has been displaced into makeshift tents or broken classrooms, where teachers try to piece together lessons between interruptions.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Piece together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piece%20together. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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