SPLICE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

splice

verb

Definition of splice

as in to chain

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Recent Examples of splice Content creators would drop long-form content on their YouTube channels, splicing weeks of their lives into one video. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 What remains unclear is whether splicing patterns differ systematically across species with different maximum lifespans and whether those differences carry biological meaning. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2026 In the early days of the war, official accounts shared videos splicing clips from sports, movies and video games into real footage of military strikes. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026 The most effective way to splice speaker cables is by using a dedicated, in-line speaker wire splice. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for splice

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The other seats are all chained to the table for when Carrie sends everything in the room flying.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
An agent spends at machine speed, retrying, looping and chaining calls without supervision on the AI meter.

— Prashant Jalan, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of chain

Verb

Whether or not customers have sipped on Arabic coffee before, the pair are confident future customers will be hooked.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
First, don’t rely on the industry to protect youth when its business model depends on hooking new customers and keeping them using their product.

— Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hook

Verb

Climate risks like rising seas and more extreme rainfall compound these vulnerabilities.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Shortages of skilled labor are restraining production in defense firms and across the economy, compounded by the emigration of several hundred thousand mostly younger people due to fears of conscription and political repression.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of compound

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For programmers, hitching their wagon to a large-scale tech platform is often worth giving up consumer data and revenue.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hitch

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So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Muck Rack notes that PR and communications can influence generative engine optimization because AI systems draw on authoritative third-party sources when assembling answers.

— Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemble

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The group is separate from but allied with Afghanistan's Taliban, which returned to power in 2021.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Poland also sounded the alarm about Russia, with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warning on Thursday that Moscow could send drones or missiles into NATO countries allied with Ukraine in the coming months.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ally

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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
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

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