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Recent Examples of splice
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
Verb
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Thomas said her two dogs are sometimes allowed to walk around the yard but are otherwise chained in the back.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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In one of the most brutal sequences, Jaén is captured, chained, interrogated, and finally killed by being crushed under a car.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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When Ryan Lee first played mahjong two years ago, he got hooked.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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But when the direction doesn’t hook us in enough, these ideas tend to go down like a lukewarm latte in a film that could have really used more heat.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Lowers Chronic Disease Risk Orange juice is rich in antioxidants, compounds that help prevent cell damage from unstable molecules called free radicals, a process known as oxidative stress.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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At Aboutengue, Saman documented how limited access to clean water, shortages of food, and overstretched health services compound the trauma of displacement.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Her son, maybe six or seven years old, could effortlessly hitch himself up to the top of the park’s lampposts.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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The wagon, which was hitched to two horses, left the road and all eight passengers on board were ejected, authorities said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Netanyahu said Israeli forces were organising and assembling into Gaza City.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Tuesday’s report states that HHS will assemble a working group of federal officials to evaluate SSRI prescribing patterns, specifically among children.—
Sarah Owermohle,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Richard Hughes’ reputation is at an all-time high, given the success of his negotiations with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk last season, allied with his successful pursuits of Wirtz, Isak, Hugo Ekitike, et al.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The alliance follows a similar pandemic playbook in 2020, when California allied with other states like Nevada and Colorado via the Western States Pact to coordinate a state-level economic response to COVID restrictions.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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Authorities are accusing Antonio Hernandez and confederates Ivan Murillo-Hernandez and Alexis Garcia Martinez of ripping off mail from unsuspecting venues with the help of four juveniles, whose names were not released.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2024
Verb
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The males, or drones, serve only one purpose, to mate with the queen.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Birds of Paradise, for example, have mating rituals so intricate and elaborate that people form clubs just to catch a glimpse of the show.—
Joe Salas
August 30,
New Atlas,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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