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of a piece

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  1. Also, all of a piece. Of the same kind, as in This legislation is of a piece with the previous bill, or Her rude behavior was all of a piece. The piece in this idiom alludes to a single mass of material. [Early 1600s]

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But their performance of a piece of music by Scottish composer Erland Cooper was pre-recorded at Windsor Castle last week specifically for the event's Christmas Eve broadcast on ITV1.

From BBC

Sitting side by side, with Catherine using only her left hand and the 10-year-old Charlotte -- deep in concentration -- using only her right, the pair played an extract of a piece by Scottish composer Erland Cooper.

From Barron's

I say we designed the movie for the Creature to feel real, of a piece with the world.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t have a favorite anecdote about Joan; her influence and love is of a piece.

From Los Angeles Times

Beowulf had gnawed a perfectly usable letter opener out of a piece of wood.

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