piecemeal
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If you have multiple IRAs, you can give piecemeal from more than one IRA but the total annual amount given for an individual cannot exceed $111,000.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
Outfitting a factory in such a piecemeal way just wasn’t done.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Apple delivered new Siri capabilities piecemeal in the following months, and the company announced in March 2025 that a full Siri overhaul would be pushed to 2026.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Meanwhile, the actual application of this new policy seems to be piecemeal at best.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
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
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