piece by piece
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Other workers erect scaffolding for a four-story structure where they will assemble, piece by piece, the giant replica of the pope.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Let’s go through your friend’s estate piece by piece: her $20,000 credit-card debt, her life insurance, her Medicaid benefits and her home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
In recent years, a local group of volunteers working under the name Maine’s First Ship reconstructed the Virginia piece by piece using historical materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"A lot of these songs were rebellions. I used them to rebuild myself, piece by piece, brick by brick."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
The jig-saw pieces came together piece by piece, and the real Rebecca took shape and form before me, stepping from her shadow world like a living figure from a picture frame.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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