piece of the puzzle
noun phrase
: part of the solution to a question or problem
Researchers are close to finding a solution, but they haven't found the final pieces of the puzzle.
The restaurant is trying to attract more customers, and the new menu is an important piece of the puzzle.
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Over the next two years, 60,000 tons of earth were excavated to build the project, with the Civic Theatre being the final piece of the puzzle.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
But there’s a crucial piece of the puzzle that organizations are only beginning to recognize: neurodiversity.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Now, an international team of paleontologists has found a new piece of the puzzle — a nearly complete skull of a previously unidentified species of hyaenodonta.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
That detail about the needles is the final piece of the puzzle, which Elsbeth, Kaya, and Smullin quickly reveal to Tom and all of the retreat participants.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
But there’s a crucial piece of the puzzle that organizations are only beginning to recognize: neurodiversity.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Now, an international team of paleontologists has found a new piece of the puzzle — a nearly complete skull of a previously unidentified species of hyaenodonta.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
That detail about the needles is the final piece of the puzzle, which Elsbeth, Kaya, and Smullin quickly reveal to Tom and all of the retreat participants.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Piece of the puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piece%20of%20the%20puzzle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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