by bits and pieces
Example Sentences
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But many business property owners, especially large corporations, gamed the system so their holdings rarely changed hands completely — only by bits and pieces at a time.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2020
Without a big budget, the owners managed to create a dreamy environment inspired by bits and pieces of their travels to London, Slovenia, Switzerland, France and Italy.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2018
Steel producers have been increasing prices by bits and pieces throughout the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Employed as an all-round good division now, the 32nd was thrown in by bits and pieces where they were needed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of others read in archaic books with crackling spines.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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