piecemeal

Example Sentences

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"This will just be another piecemeal fix that won't improve anything," says Pradhan, who is also a qualified facial surgeon.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Where better to go to find piecemeal work?

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

At 27 minutes, “Embrace” by Fredrick Earl Mosley is the most piecemeal of the new creations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Still, lawmakers’ piecemeal approach to affordability thus far — focused on things like lower drug costs or city-run grocery stores — isn’t enough to solve problems that are now far-reaching.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Companies installed systems piecemeal or found that one computer-software system was good for the accounting department and another system was best for inventory management and a third was best for e-mail.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman