piece by piece
adverbDefinition of piece by piece
: by degrees : piecemeal
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Synonyms & Antonyms for piece by piece
Synonyms
gradationally, gradually, inchmeal, little by little, piecemeal
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Examples of piece by piece in a Sentence
worked out the solution piece by piece
Recent Examples on the Web
This has happened during every dry season in recent years, fragmenting the tribe’s reserved land piece by piece, according to Survival International, an organization dedicated to protecting forest people. — Daniel Wolfe, Quartz, "Loggers are lighting fires inside the territory of uncontacted Amazon tribes," 30 Aug. 2019 Courtesy of Apple Daisy represents not only a breakthrough in electronic recycling efforts—robotically pulling apart an electronic device piece by piece—but also a road map to minimizing environmental impact. — Fortune, "Someday, Apple May Make Your New iPhone Out of Pieces of Your Old iPhone," 19 Aug. 2019 The other Lila eludes capture but watches helplessly as someone dismantles her life, piece by piece. — Denise Davidsonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune, "How fruitful can a friendship be? Ask ‘Two Lila Bennetts’ authors Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke," 11 Aug. 2019 With the push of a few buttons and several online orders later, the room came together, piece by piece. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "What It's Actually Like to Work With Modsy, the $69 Digital Design Service," 22 July 2019 Begin to add butter piece by piece while constantly whisking the sauce. 11. — National Geographic, "Grilled King Salmon," 2 July 2019 Piles and rivers of red, white and blue garments are strewn on the floor, and at various times, women come to sew together items of one color or another, piece by piece. — Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, "Connecting Lacy’s SFMOMA study of a closed mill and Warhol," 4 June 2019 So this was a way of me sort of finding my way through it piece by piece. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "How Peter Jackson’s team made World War I footage look new," 15 Dec. 2018 Dad made Ken spend the entire summer taking the 1956 Plymouth apart piece by piece, marking every piece, cleaning every piece and then putting the entire car back together in running order. — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 6/20," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'piece by piece.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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