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Recent Examples of splice
The most effective way to splice speaker cables is by using a dedicated, in-line speaker wire splice.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
By splicing pop songs and familiar meme formats into cruel detainment footage, ICE strains to attract a younger demographic, hoping to convince people that the agency is a vibrant—and trollishly funny—organization engaged in the noble work of putting away bad guys.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Hey Santana decided to splice out that Maduro soundbite, which was already floating around social media, and remix it into a dembow track.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Ratings will jump, clips will recirculate to reach viral status and podcasts will have to splice in extra segments if his words hit their target as intended.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Nov. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
By splicing pop songs and familiar meme formats into cruel detainment footage, ICE strains to attract a younger demographic, hoping to convince people that the agency is a vibrant—and trollishly funny—organization engaged in the noble work of putting away bad guys.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Hey Santana decided to splice out that Maduro soundbite, which was already floating around social media, and remix it into a dembow track.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Ratings will jump, clips will recirculate to reach viral status and podcasts will have to splice in extra segments if his words hit their target as intended.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splice
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Real conservation doesn’t mean chaining yourself to a tree, throwing soup at paintings or screaming at people on social media.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Ziggy remained chained to a wall inside the Pachyderm House for 29 years.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Devon Toews was called for a hooking penalty, giving Minnesota 63 seconds of 4-on-3 power-play time.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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The right strategy ultimately depends on your situation, but for most borrowers, acting sooner rather than later preserves more options and stops the compounding debt from causing further damage, no matter what route is ultimately chosen.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Some state and local travel policies have compounded the situation, the association said.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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On Court And On Brand As with any rising star in tennis, Fonseca attracted companies and agencies who wanted to hitch a ride on his soaring stardom.—
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Fleas will plague you and your animals with itchy bites, then hitch a ride indoors to infest your home.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 May 2026
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Focused on assembling a slate built around creators with loyal digital audiences, its partnership with McBride fits squarely within a digital-first model, which uses YouTube to build audience and IP while scaling to theatrical releases and streaming.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Kevin Scott, Microsoft's technology chief, testified that the first supercomputer his company built with OpenAI years ago took about six months, assembling together 10,000 graphics processing units that occupied a big chunk of a data center.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Pakistani authorities have long accused the Taliban government of sheltering the TTP, a separate group but closely allied to the Afghan Taliban.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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Osvaldo was behind him, if not allied with him, then curious about what might be unfolding.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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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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That other human species shared this variant suggested that Denisovans had once interbred with Homo erectus, and then, at some later point, Denisovans mated with Homo sapiens, according to the study.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Once the launch vehicle's four RS-25 engines are attached, the stage will be transferred to the VAB's taller High Bay 3, where engineers will mate the remaining sections of SLS and the Orion spacecraft ahead of a launch date currently targeted for the latter half of next year.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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