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- noun Plural form of
piece . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
piece .
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Examples
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The weights are in pieces; take out two _pieces_; this treatment would even improve
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"_You_ needn't laugh," he said to Katie, "for you've seen her makin 'pieces out of silk, an' what's the difference between _makin 'pieces_ an' _peacemakin'_?"
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Amy Brooks
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His anthology does contain pieces from a few modern masters Isabel Allende, William Carlos Williams, Octavio Paz but the scope of his vision is far greater than them.
Joshua Kors: Ilan Stavans' Magnum Opus: After 13 Years, 'The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature' Is Here Joshua Kors 2010
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The “right to privacy” meme, of course, is a strawman – by attaching some invented notion of “privacy” to the surgical process of electively vacuuming out a developing human life in pieces from the womb, the left thinks they make abortion a “right” – wholly and completely ridiculous.
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The remembrance of the breaking of Egypt in pieces is a comfort to the church, in reference to the present power of Babylon; for God is still the same.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Not incidentally, the word "pieces" in the title is a pun.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Simon Callow's My Life in Pieces Just the Superb Ticket for Theater Lovers David Finkle 2011
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Not incidentally, the word "pieces" in the title is a pun.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Simon Callow's My Life in Pieces Just the Superb Ticket for Theater Lovers David Finkle 2011
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Not incidentally, the word "pieces" in the title is a pun.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Simon Callow's My Life in Pieces Just the Superb Ticket for Theater Lovers David Finkle 2011
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Among the pieces is a new one from DharmaPunx founder Noah Levine.
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Not incidentally, the word "pieces" in the title is a pun.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Simon Callow's My Life in Pieces Just the Superb Ticket for Theater Lovers David Finkle 2011
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