piece by piece
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Ernesto leaned over the flatbed and ate the watermelon with his hands, piece by piece, until the box was empty.
From Slate
He had come—deliberately—to a lab built to take things apart piece by piece.
From Literature
Piece by piece, Netflix has disrupted a more-than-century-old industry.
Israeli security analysts said Israel could choose a large-scale invasion of Gaza City—the de facto capital of the enclave—in an attempt to force a quick surrender from Hamas, or slowly wrestle control of the enclave piece by piece.
In other words, asking about food decisions piece by piece naturally inflates the total.
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