How to Use a piece/slice/share of the pie in a Sentence
a piece/slice/share of the pie
noun phrase-
Well, there’s no better way to help people thrive than by giving them a piece of the pie.
— Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023 -
And for the first time, a giant gaming company is allowing creators to get a piece of the pie.
— Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 -
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 -
Everyone wants a piece of the pie, and everyone wants in on the Swift money machine.
— Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023 -
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
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