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as in fragments
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
a piece of stone fell from the crumbling wall
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as in works
a literary, musical, or artistic production
presented a new interpretation of the piece by Mozart
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as in guns
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
carrying a piece under his coat
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as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
believes his piece of the profits should be higher
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as in constructs
to form by putting together parts or materials
you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth
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Recent Examples of pieces
News Desk, Artforum, 6 Jan. 2026
First, the Art Institute invites Grammy darlings Third Coast Percussion to perform pieces for player piano by late architect Bruce Goff, the subject of a major retrospective running through March.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Outside of a free agent at right guard, all the starting pieces are back.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Season 10 opens in the shadow of a devastating explosion, with the women left to pick up the pieces.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2026
Baer also notices her clients gravitate toward pieces that feel human and grounded.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
For quality, heirloom pieces, head to estate sales or look on Facebook Marketplace.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Since ascending the throne alongside her husband in January 2024, Queen Mary of Denmark’s royal style has been dominantly comprised of statement-making power pieces with touches of femininity throughout.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays have tried to add big-name pieces over the last couple of years in free agency, and that very well could be the case this offseason after just missing out on a World Series title.
—Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025
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The museum made unwanted headlines in 2023 when it was brought to light that some 1,500 objects— including gold jewelry, semiprecious stones, and glass pieces dating as far back as the fifteenth century BCE—had vanished from its collection over a span of years.
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The director pieces the film together in elliptical fashion.
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The fragments, largely from arm and leg bones, belonged to a woman between the ages of 18 and 60 who stood just under 5 feet tall, according to forensic analysis.—
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At the same time, mission controllers are closely analyzing the last fragments of tracking data recovered.—
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The edgy South of Market venue in San Francisco that showcases works from up-and-coming artists is also known as a cool place to host gatherings and celebrations, especially among the city arts crowd.—
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Meyers, performed works by Bach, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre alongside Grant Gershon, the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the chorale’s members.—
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Ventura County deputies seized 92 pounds of drugs, hundreds of oxycodone pills and 14 guns during a narcotics bust in December.—
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Video shows the group pointing guns and repeatedly knocking on an apartment door in a building near 6th Avenue and Potomac Street in Aurora, Chamberlain said during a news conference.—
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The advisory is for portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern, northeastern, southeastern, and western Massachusetts, and northern Rhode Island.—
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Parts of the stream are as salty as portions of Chesapeake Bay.—
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As Victor constructs his lab and assembles the Creature, the various stages of its creation are meticulously portrayed.—
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By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.—
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Beyond the gong, other bits of prop comedy give them cover to dive into more controversial topics.—
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The live show — featuring a famed blue-skinned, apparently bald and mostly silent trio — will feature classic Blue Man Group routines plus new bits that will be exclusive to the Orlando production.—
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These regular observations will gradually take in data and aim to provide pivotal information about the strengths, compositions, and histories of these primitive cosmic bodies.—
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Inside, a lavish cocktail reception featured ice sculptures and live music by 35 musicians from the Philharmonic Orchestra of Puerto Rico, performing familiar compositions with a Latin twist.—
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
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The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.—
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“Pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pieces. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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