of a piece with

English

Phrase

of a piece with

1. (dated, uncommon) Consistent with.
   • 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^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2025 October 18, Jamelle Bouie, “The No Kings Protests Prove Trump’s Vulnerability”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2025:

     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 constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals.”

   • 2026 January 9, James Kirchick, “Greenland Is Only the Beginning. Trump Has His Sights Set on Europe.”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Mr. Trump’s surreal endeavor to conquer Greenland is of a piece with his general hostility to Europe.

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• of a piece