pieces 1 of 2

noun

plural of piece
1
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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2
as in works
a literary, musical, or artistic production presented a new interpretation of the piece by Mozart

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3
as in guns
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder carrying a piece under his coat

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4
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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pieces

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of piece
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
Noun
The Sharks have surrounded him with legit building blocks, adding high-end pieces like Michael Misa, Ivar Stenberg, Will Smith and Keaton Verhoeff to the mix. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Disney Disney’s strategy of keeping its cards close to its chest has led to it only releasing two pieces of concept art for its Abu Dhabi park. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Other art pieces are affixed to concrete pads, which helps fortify them. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2026 The sequence required the entire creative team to help solve the problem of how to pull it off, so it was shot in pieces and out of order. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 Build a teammate, not another tool Two pieces of that structure do the heaviest lifting, and both are direct answers to what MIT found broken. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Hubbard has some pieces to work with on that East Ridge defense. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026 She’s also given Genesis, an aspiring actress, pieces of wisdom that she’s collected over her decades in the entertainment industry. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 Available exclusively through Stitch Fix, the collection combines Favorite Daughter's polished, playful style with easy pieces designed for busy mornings. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
As Sullivan pieces those holdovers from the previous regime together with his first full free agency class in 2027 and a second draft class, the roster could really start to come together in another year. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026 Bieber poses in matching bras and underwear with little beyond the seamless background, straightforward lighting and the cotton pieces themselves in the frame. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 The musician noted that his tattoo artist, Roxx, had told him that pieces this large usually take around two years to complete. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 The director pieces the film together in elliptical fashion. — Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pieces
  1. fragments
  2. works
  3. guns
  4. portions
  5. constructs
  6. bits
  7. compositions
  8. firearms
Noun
  • Drones or fragments of them were found on Romanian territory 27 times so far this year, the ministry said, a significant increase compared with the 16 such discoveries in all of 2025.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • As the Danube waters shrank in Bulgaria, researchers were thrilled to find and recover a jawbone, tusks, a shoulder blade, ribs and other bone fragments belonging to an extinct woolly mammoth buried deep in the sand.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of fragments
Noun
  • Such Chinese characters were inscribed or stamped on most of the hundreds of thousands of works made during the Chinese monarch’s rule in the 18th century.
    — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has announced a raft of new acquisitions, including works by artists entering the collection for the first time.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of works
Noun
  • Multiple people fired guns into a home in the shooting, Krasner said.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The law imposed a $200 tax on the manufacture and transfer of these guns and required owners to register those weapons.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of guns
Noun
  • Beating the middle and lower portions of the conference has rarely been the problem.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The result tends to be more storms and wetter and cooler weather in southern portions of the country, while northern ones turn drier and warmer, according to NOAA.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of portions
Verb
  • Before conscious reasoning has a chance to engage, the brain often constructs an elaborate threat narrative.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • However, environmental and geopolitical concerns remain high as China constructs a massive 60-gigawatt dam downstream in Medog County.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructs
Noun
  • My most memorable taste, however, was the day’s market catch, a mix of little-neck clams, octopus, and tilefish, served in a bowl of savory brodo made from leftover fish bones and bits.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
  • McCollough thought Watts was a comedic genius, and the pair shared a similar sense of humor, establishing their own bits and improvisational riffs.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of bits
Noun
  • The song also features compositions from Sivan’s longtime collaborator Leland as well as Kaelyn Behr.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Delphine Jelk, Guerlain’s in-house perfumer, attributes this evolution to a growing desire for more refined compositions.
    — Danielle James, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of compositions
Noun
  • Bragg's office contends that the state charges, including murder and firearms offenses, involve different legal elements and criminal conduct than federal charges, which alleged Mangione traveled across state lines to stalk and kill Thompson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Mangione had previously also faced a charge of murder through the use of a firearm, which carried a possible death penalty sentence, but that federal charge and an additional firearms charge was dropped in January.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of firearms

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