pieces
Americannoun
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The court also heard from Lucy Ness, who was given an urn containing "wadding and pieces of bone" instead of her baby's ashes.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
After working with a 17-foot canoe as a centerpiece for the Huntington exhibition, Saar told Curate LA that she felt compelled to return to small-scale pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Long-read sequencing allows researchers to examine much larger, continuous pieces of a genome.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the galleries, more than 200 pieces of production art and films will be presented in conjunction with a theatrical retrospective of animated shorts and features.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Before long she had twenty plate-sized pieces for the party, while steadily keeping up with the orders that were pouring in.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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