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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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On day two, hacking teams were no less successful, chaining together three new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange in order to achieve the holy grail of SYSTEM-level remote code execution.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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In response, Thomas Boggs, a drummer for The Box Tops, staged a 48-hour protest, Wilson said, chaining himself to the stage and playing music.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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All of the fight scenes and high-speed chases will keep you hooked.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Guys hooking drives into the next county.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 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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Not to mention every package that lands on your doorstep has traveled through the shipping supply chain, giving pests like cockroaches and grain beetles ample opportunities to hitch a ride.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
15 May 2026
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For the 34th time, SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule will hitch a ride to orbit atop the company's 230-foot, two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, which will launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 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 18 May. 2026.
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