piecemeal
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McCabe believes the piecemeal shedding of jobs has not attracted the same political attention as other high-profile closures.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It’s an example of how substantive tax reform can’t be done piecemeal when the code is so badly distorted to start with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most parents lose sleep over the amount of piecemeal work required to cobble together a summer schedule; very few relish the planning and spreadsheets and carpool rota involved in keeping their kids safe and occupied.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
As it unfolds, “Rheology” can seem piecemeal, even haphazard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The adoption of intensive food production from the Asian mainland was also very slow and piecemeal in Japan, probably because the hunter-gatherer lifestyle based on seafood and local plants was so productive there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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