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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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Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
In a team film session a few days later, Magic assistant coaches and video coordinators spliced that long pass alongside footage from one of Suggs’ 25 career high-school touchdown passes.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 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
His readership is spliced along a generational divide, and Chao noted how, when the exhibition opened, an elderly couple who had never heard of Vuong-as-writer reacted emotionally to his work purely as a photographer.
—Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
In a team film session a few days later, Magic assistant coaches and video coordinators spliced that long pass alongside footage from one of Suggs’ 25 career high-school touchdown passes.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 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 16 May. 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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