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of a piece with

of a piece with phrase: consistent with.

Phrase

of a piece with

  1. (dated, uncommon) Consistent with.
    • Ian Bogost, a game designer, media professor and author of Play Anything, agrees: “There is no question in my mind that the eat-or-be-eaten, winner-take-all mentality of contemporary life is of a piece with the battle-royale genre,” he says.2018 July 16, Steven Poole, quoting Ian Bogost, “From Fortnite to Love Island: how the ‘fight to the death’ defines our times”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    • People, he [House Speaker Mike Johnson] said without a touch of irony, “who don’t want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.” And all of this is of a piece with the recent declaration by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, that “the Democrat Party’s main...2025 October 18, Jamelle Bouie, “The No Kings Protests Prove Trump’s Vulnerability”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18...

Questions about of a piece with

What does of a piece with mean?
Of a piece with means consistent with.
What part of speech is of a piece with?
Of a piece with is a phrase.

Words near of a piece with in the dictionary

  1. of a feather
  2. of a kind
  3. of a lifetime
  4. of a mind
  5. of a piece
  6. of a piece with
  7. of a sudden
  8. of a surety
  9. of a truth
  10. of age
  11. of all

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