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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
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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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From there, the younger Williams was hooked, enrolling in weekly lessons with a neighborhood music teacher.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
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They’ve been hooked ever since.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the space of several fraught days, an already difficult situation is compounded by nightmarish setbacks.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Tatar says these small but impactful changes compound over time, helping both workers and executives avoid the exhaustion and inefficiency that can come with new office mandates.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The trailer then cuts to scenes of characters flipping the bird, Kardashian getting hitched and — eventually — things totally falling apart.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The original Golden Bachelor is getting hitched again.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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But the retaking plans had been hastily assembled, and turned out to be very lethal.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories Gimple likened the storytelling possibilities to the intricate canon of stories and characters assembled by DC and Marvel in the comic book realm.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Mali, along with neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger, has long battled an insurgency by armed militants, including some allied with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Under Sharaa, Syria’s central government is now closely allied to the Arab Gulf countries that have long been Iran’s regional rivals.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 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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There's also a larger 280-mm disc mated to a Brembo floating caliper at the rear, and premium Brembo Stylema monobloc radial calipers with two 330-mm discs at the front for plenty of stopping power.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
8 Oct. 2025
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Male ratfish have a structure called a tenaculum, which is essentially a retractable rod tipped with a chandelier of teeth that springs out of their forehead to grip females during mating.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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