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The map is split in two so that it can be spliced together if people want a long wall map, or used separately for hiking. — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, "Arden Hills cartographer’s detailed, handmade maps are works of art — functional, too," 21 June 2019 Rubin might project two reels side-by-side or superimposed, and that superimposition might involve one reel being inverted or cut into four frame-shards and spliced back together at random, and then projected on the Warhol Factory’s silver ceiling. — J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, "Barbara Rubin, Shameless Angel of Avant-Garde Cinema," 21 May 2019 At the local Video Hut where Jeremy works as a clerk, someone begins splicing violent, vaguely malevolent scenes into the tapes, and his Idaho town is shaken. — Joumana Khatib, New York Times, "Paperback Row," 9 Mar. 2018 Short moments from these videos spliced together paint a troubling picture. — Mahita Gajanan, Time, "'Not Everyone Will Agree.' How YouTube Is Defending its Handling of Homophobic, Racist Videos," 6 June 2019 In the same way, how the cell interprets a set of splicing instructions depends on other nearby instructions. — Quanta Magazine, "Machine Intelligence Cracks Genetic Controls," 18 Dec. 2014 The Washington Post reported that a pediatrician found suicide instructions spliced into videos available on YouTube Kids. — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, "Parents, The Momo Challenge Isn't the Video You Need to Be Worrying About on YouTube," 28 Feb. 2019 Missing from the set’s liner notes is whether songs on the original album were complete takes or composites spliced together from the set’s outtakes. — Marc Myers, WSJ, "‘Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills’ Review: A Classic Album’s Untold Story," 20 Nov. 2018 Photo: Getty Images Ford Models In Milan, Versace collaborated with Ford Motors , splicing the American company’s iconic blue logo onto sweatshirts and jeans. — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, "A Guide to the Most Wearable—and Unwearable—Men’s Trends for 2019," 24 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'splice.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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