as in gradual
proceeding or changing by steps or degrees
a piecemeal attempt to remedy the traffic congestion
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as in gradually
by small steps or amounts
remodeled their house piecemeal because of budgetary constraints
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Recent Examples of piecemeal
Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
But Apple should have waited to launch Apple Intelligence until all of its key features were available simultaneously, not in a piecemeal fashion.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Much of the first season of Goosebumps is focused on the books’ main villain, Slappy, an evil ventriloquist’s dummy who’s story arc is revealed in piecemeal, in both the books and this reboot of the television series.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Washoe County’s vendor, for example, had stopped supporting software used by the voter registrar’s office and fixes over the years had been piecemeal.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
But Apple should have waited to launch Apple Intelligence until all of its key features were available simultaneously, not in a piecemeal fashion.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
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In the years since, the insurgent creator economy has tempted more journalists away to run upstart operations, and consumers have grown increasingly accustomed to paying piecemeal for access to individual writers.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Much of the first season of Goosebumps is focused on the books’ main villain, Slappy, an evil ventriloquist’s dummy who’s story arc is revealed in piecemeal, in both the books and this reboot of the television series.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Piecemeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piecemeal. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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