How to Use a piece/slice/share of the pie in a Sentence

a piece/slice/share of the pie

noun phrase

• Others have come in and trying to get a slice of the pie.
  — David Bloom, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• Even people with small followings can get a piece of the pie.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 13 May 2022
• Hart said he’s now focused on leaving a piece of the pie for his children.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
• However, even small home care agencies can get a piece of the pie.
  — Karina Tama-Rutigliano, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• To finalize a deal, Caballero and Wicks worked together to craft two bills that promised each coalition a slice of the pie.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• Parents are important, but everyone owns a piece of the pie.
  — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
• Hymenoplasty is a profitable business, and there are plenty of practices that want a piece of the pie.
  — Neda Taghinejadi, Wired, 13 Feb. 2022
• The restrictions have created a rush for trainers, known as buscones, to grab a piece of the pie years before the players are eligible to sign.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
• Other industries had already lost too big a piece of the pie to companies like Apple, Google, or Amazon, after all.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
• The larger issue being his potentially sexist statements and the fact that CNN saw how much noise Kerry’s audition was making on the internet and simply wanted a piece of the pie.
  — Vulture, 24 Apr. 2023
• As Cincinnati annexed more surrounding communities, new neighborhoods wanted a piece of the pie.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
• In exchange for a piece of the pie (company ownership and potential profit), companies are able to raise capital from selling shares to cover their costs and expand their business.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022
• Up until the point that the market shattered and dozens of competing streaming services popped up to take a piece of the pie, the company was poised to almost completely dominate not only the streaming sphere but the television industry as a whole.
  — Oleg Mikhailenko, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• The scramble is on for Zimbabwe’s billion dollar remittance industry with local and international fintech institutions vying for a share of the pie against legacy banks and traditional money transfer agencies.
  — Tawanda Karombo, Quartz, 6 July 2022

Last Updated: 5 Aug 2024