piecemeal

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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

Beijing’s continued push for a stronger social safety net will eventually pay dividends, but the piecemeal annual improvements simply won’t move the needle on consumer spending in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

"The whole of firearms legislation needs to be reviewed," he said, giving the handling of 3D printed guns as an example of how the law had developed in a "piecemeal" fashion.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Where better to go to find piecemeal work?

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Indians adopted Mexican crops, and many of them discarded many of their local domesticates, piecemeal; squash was domesticated independently, corn arrived from Mexico around A.D.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond