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spliced; splicing
1
a
: to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
b
: to unite (two lengths of magnetic tape, photographic film, etc.) by overlapping and securing together two ends
2
: to unite, link, or insert as if by splicing
3
: to combine or insert (something) by genetic engineering
spliced a human gene for insulin into a bacterium
splicer
noun
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Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 June 2026
The Lakers’ deal almost certainly contributed to Madison Square Garden Sports’ plans to explore separating the Knicks and Rangers into their own public companies, continuing a long history of the Dolan family splicing up their business empire to unlock shareholder value.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
The exploit uses splice() to plant a reference to a read-only page-cache page (for example, /etc/passwd or /usr/bin/su) into the frag slot of a sender-side skb.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
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Verb
That it was spliced with footage of his secret ex-girlfriend, Meija Moreno, confessing to Ciara Miller and Kyle Cooke via FaceTime that West had lied like crazy about their relationship status portended certain doom.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 June 2026
The Lakers’ deal almost certainly contributed to Madison Square Garden Sports’ plans to explore separating the Knicks and Rangers into their own public companies, continuing a long history of the Dolan family splicing up their business empire to unlock shareholder value.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
Noun
The minute a splice in the film strip is made, reality is being edited.
—Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
The exploit uses splice() to plant a reference to a read-only page-cache page (for example, /etc/passwd or /usr/bin/su) into the frag slot of a sender-side skb.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splice. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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splice
1 of 2 verb
spliced; splicing
1
: to unite (as two ropes) by weaving the strands together
2
: to unite (as pieces of film) by connecting the ends together
3
: to unite, link, or insert as if by splicing
splicer
noun
splice
2 of 2 noun
: a joining or joint made by splicing
Medical Definition
splice
transitive verb
spliced; splicing
: to join together or insert (as segments of RNA or DNA) to form new genetic combinations
spliced a human gene for insulin into a bacterium
see gene-splicing
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