string together
phrasal verb
strung together; stringing together; strings together
: to combine (different things) into something that is complete, useful, etc.
See if you can string the theories together into something that makes sense.
The filmmaker strung together interviews with a number of experts on the subject.
: to create (something) by putting different things together
She was finding it hard to string together a coherent argument.
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Of the 20 bodies found with the beads, 15 could be identified as women, and the beads were in linear patterns, suggesting they were strung together into clothes, study author Marta Díaz-Guardamino told CNN.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Of course academics and other people with more regular artist jobs can get harried, but then again so can artists trying to string together work on quicksand!
—Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Tying the Cavs for the longest win streak of the season, the Thunder arrive having strung together 15 straight regular-season wins (their NBA Cup Championship loss to Milwaukee is not counted toward their record).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
The Investigation Discovery documentary (streaming on Max) is a compilation of many claims made against Brown over the years, strung together to create a picture of a violent man whom the entertainment industry has granted a pass.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Of course academics and other people with more regular artist jobs can get harried, but then again so can artists trying to string together work on quicksand!
—Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Tying the Cavs for the longest win streak of the season, the Thunder arrive having strung together 15 straight regular-season wins (their NBA Cup Championship loss to Milwaukee is not counted toward their record).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
The Investigation Discovery documentary (streaming on Max) is a compilation of many claims made against Brown over the years, strung together to create a picture of a violent man whom the entertainment industry has granted a pass.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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“String together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20together. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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