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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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Boxes are typically bolted into concrete or chained in place.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Mythos, the existence of which was first reported by Fortune in March, is notable for its coding and cyber capabilities, including the ability to find vulnerabilities in existing software and chain these vulnerabilities together to execute sophisticated cyber attacks.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Pueblo South coach Kevin Ortiz came out to Pueblo County’s graduation, according to Eades, and hooked the Hornets up with his team’s equipment.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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The thing that hooked me on Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed was the tuna can.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Commenters also mentioned several dozen compounding pharmacies — often in the same posts about telehealth.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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And now that she's gained true-crime stardom from the documentary, their grief has been compounded.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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If your cat or dog is outside and not wearing a flea protection product, fleas hitch a ride indoors with them.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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In 1985, a breeding population of the black-and-white Aedes albopictus mosquito hitched a ride on a Japanese tire shipment bound for Texas.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Nothing is mysterious about these history-making Knicks, other than the executive who assembled them.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Long before ChatGPT made generative AI mainstream, Gil was quietly assembling positions across nearly every layer of the emerging ecosystem.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Attacks in the region by the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group allied with the Islamic State group, and a coalition of ethnic militias have also hindered the response.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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Attacks in the region by the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group allied with the militant organization Islamic State, and a coalition of ethnic militias have also hindered the response.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
31 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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Eventually the couple will fall into vegetation and mate for several hours, according to Leppla.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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The vaginal pH of female olive baboons decreases, threatening sperm, after a female has mated with a genetically similar male.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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