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.

Examples of string together in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The necklace is believed to have been strung together and sold privately to the museum by a London dealer in 1982. Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 5 Sep. 2024 Those who eclectically string together economics, history, politics, finance, and other fields tend to produce more resilient readings of the future. Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024 But with the Giants needing to string together victories after the All-Star Break, the reigning Cy Young Award winner is finally looking like a reigning Cy Young Award winner. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024 The Tortured Poets Department is the first album by a woman to spend 10 weeks in a row at No. 1 since 2012, when Adele’s 21 strung together 10 straight weeks at No. 1 (of its total 24 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list) that January-March. Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for string together 

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“String together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20together. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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