in one piece
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These data centers, along with their solar panels and radiators, cannot be launched in one piece and would need to be assembled in space.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Really, the only time a Formula 1 car is ever in one piece is when it sets off out of the garage at a racetrack.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
She was just trying to get home to her three kids in one piece.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
All the fretting and scheming I'd done over how I would copy the play, and suddenly here it was, handed over to me in one piece, without the slightest effort on my part.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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