piecemeal
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Since last Thursday, piecemeal Russian airstrikes around the clock have replaced periodic massive barrages at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But a piecemeal approach to industrial policies is not the answer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The situation highlights what community organizers and the site’s leadership say is a piecemeal approach to the protection and preservation of one of the city’s most important cultural landmarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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
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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