bits and pieces
plural noun
1
: small pieces
There were broken bits and pieces of glass all over the floor.
I finished the project in bits and pieces during my spare time.
2
: things or objects of different kinds
There are just a few bits and pieces of furniture in the office.
No one knows exactly what happened. All we have is a few bits and pieces of information so far.
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So the copper and the lights and scraps, all the remaining bits and pieces, were being sold.
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
The White House has been put under pressure to provide more information on the bombings in Iran last weekend, as bits and pieces begin to leak to the media and House leaders threaten to limit classified briefings for rank-and-file lawmakers.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
Russia's space agency Roscosmos stepped in, committing to provide a rocket, a landing module and a few other bits and pieces.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025
What this book does incredibly well is document an oral history of Polish resistance that has, until now, only been told in bits and pieces.
—Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
The White House has been put under pressure to provide more information on the bombings in Iran last weekend, as bits and pieces begin to leak to the media and House leaders threaten to limit classified briefings for rank-and-file lawmakers.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
Russia's space agency Roscosmos stepped in, committing to provide a rocket, a landing module and a few other bits and pieces.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025
What this book does incredibly well is document an oral history of Polish resistance that has, until now, only been told in bits and pieces.
—Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bits and pieces
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“Bits and pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bits%20and%20pieces. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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