piece together

1. Join or combine parts into a whole, as in With information from several observers, she pieced together an account of what had actually taken place. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

During the shutdown, economists had to resort to a bevy of private reports to try to piece together what was going on.

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The diffuse structure of nonlinear novels engaged readers in a new and unexpected way, inviting them to piece together scattered episodes in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle.

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While the new work goes further into esoteric art music than anything the 33-year-old Rosalía has tried before, it remains approachable and human, resonating emotionally on a song-by-song basis even when the big picture is difficult to piece together.

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Around the world, experts tried to piece together the fragments of information they did have in order to form a picture of what was happening.

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Alternatively, the BLS could try to piece together the inflation trends for the month.

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