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major piece

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noun

Chess.
  1. a queen or rook.


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And when Ball got pregnant midway through the run, “Lucy” turned the fictional birth of Little Ricky into the medium’s first major piece of event programming.

From The Wall Street Journal

Are you likely to buy a major piece of equipment?

From BBC

No major piece of immigration legislation has been signed into law.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earlier this year, this company announced that it had broken ground on a major piece of grid infrastructure in Louisiana that would connect Meta’s newest data center in the state.

From Barron's

It’s been less than four years since the Democrats and Republicans reached a consensus on a major piece of legislation: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on November 15, 2021.

From Salon