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Verb
That kingdom come is in the form of an ultimate soldier, that being Ares (Oscar winner Jared Leto), who has come to Earth all ablaze in red neon lights, and the floating upside-down ‘U’ Tron-thingy; these shooting lasers are splicing this and that and forming all sorts of light-cycle pathways.—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2025 Both the original Godzilla film—produced in Japan less than a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and the 1956 version released in the States (with a performance by the actor Raymond Burr spliced in for American audiences) are somber and even daring for the time.—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Noun
In this scenario, a splice knot or swivel connecting a leader is just going to create a weak point that could fail under the strain.—Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2025 In the accompanying music video for the song, DeMarco canoes near his mother’s home in Canada and splices in shots of geese.—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for splice
Word History
Etymology
Verb
obsolete Dutch splissen; akin to Middle Dutch splitten to split
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