piece together
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Pierre likens Jordan to a massive puzzle that Stewart is trying to piece together without any instructions or even a reference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The latest addition to the tally -- a 7.5 GW plant in Texas powering Amazon data centers -- shows how analysts often have to piece together clues to link projects to hyperscalers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Researchers later used the archival record of yellow fever outbreaks, paired with genome analyses of modern mosquitoes, to piece together the insect’s travels.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“The whole piece together creates this pipeline that fuels the West End and then also fuels Broadway,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
I had to piece together everything about that night, and tell it to a detective man and his notebook.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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