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Sometimes narrating different perspectives on the same events and sometimes splicing together two unrelated monologues, the actors direct most of their dialogue toward the house rather than each other.
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Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Spectrum officials told the Los Angeles Times that personnel had to splice thousands of fiber lines to restore service to affected subscribers.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
The forceps have spliced me into body and specter, watching the action from the ceiling above the bed.
—Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
More than once, McQuarrie splices in an indelible image from the 1996 film: a knife falling into a top-secret vault, the blade embedding itself in a desk.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
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Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Spectrum officials told the Los Angeles Times that personnel had to splice thousands of fiber lines to restore service to affected subscribers.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
The forceps have spliced me into body and specter, watching the action from the ceiling above the bed.
—Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
More than once, McQuarrie splices in an indelible image from the 1996 film: a knife falling into a top-secret vault, the blade embedding itself in a desk.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splice
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Texas Roadhouse, which also operates casual dining chains Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers, is expected to report third-quarter results at the end of October.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the bowels of the Guinness compound, Rafferty has chained the three men named by others as having left the gates open for the Brotherhood.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Since it’s widely recognized that this area of the plane doesn’t often get much love from cleaners, this genius tech organizer is the best alternative, hooking onto your tray table and providing pockets for your tablet, phone, headphones, and more.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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They can be hooked to various vehicles and rapidly ingest even the largest piles of leaves.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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The mismanagement of resources by the Islamic Republic compounded the crisis.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Didion's autobiography follows the sudden death of her husband and the long, uncertain illness of their daughter Quintana, compounded in a very short time span.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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When Jean arrived with Wole, before the sun was high-hot, Kelly was already there, sitting tacky under Mickey Martinez’s arm, inside his red F-150, the boat hitched behind.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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In three weeks’ time, getting hitched in Los Angeles County will become significantly more expensive.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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In pursuit of becoming the first back-to-back World Series champs since the Yankees won three in a row starting in 1998, the Dodgers assembled the richest payroll in baseball history.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her son helps clip succulents and pick pumpkins and in the past his friends have gotten involved in helping assemble the gift bags.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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They are allied with regal and Martha Washington geraniums, and both bear prolific blooms with deep red petals; the petal bases of Lily are black, while those of Jack of Hearts are red.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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In contrast, the Volkswagen car company was closely allied with the Nazis and saturated with its ideology.—
Robert M. Ehrenreich,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Sep. 2025
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Reality-show judges could include Taylor and Travis confederates: Tree Paine, Sabrina Carpenter, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, and Patrick Mahomes.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rowling and longtime confederates Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts are exec producing, so she is expected to be involved in the decision-making on the series.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2025
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The species in which only the females take on childcare also tend to be species that are polygamous, with the males trying to mate with many females.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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However, between 2000 and 2023, rising temperatures began to push the two bird species out of their natural territories, causing their populations to overlap for the first time in the vicinity of San Antonio and giving the birds the opportunity to mate with each other.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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