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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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Look no further than how Duke surged in the second half, despite Ngongba and Foster both chained to the pine.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Our first glimpse of Tommy chained up, pleading to be let go, is through the eyes of a young Macedonian refugee, Katrina (Monika Frajczyk), being given a tour of the large countryside manor where she’s just been hired by Chris for twice-a-week housework.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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On a few possessions, those smaller defenders also backed up under Jokic, reached backward with their arms and hooked them around his legs.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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So this was a way to hook listeners that a straightforward mystery novel might not.—
Ivy Pochoda,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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Perched between China and India, the country of 30 million people has been plagued for decades by political instability, crippling a largely agrarian economy and worsening unemployment – structural issues compounded by rampant corruption.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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As of late, this trend has been compounded by the rise of artificial intelligence among tech titans like Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
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Other songwriters might opt to wring notes of sadness from the whole squad getting hitched, but this one is winking at the listener, signifying the end of his seclusion in Europe and the embrace of fans who haven’t had an audience with him in a long time.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The clerk only found out who was getting hitched when the bride told her that her new surname would be Bessette-Kennedy.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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By the second period, a new all-Russian line had been assembled, with Kaprizov, Yurov and Tarasenko skating together for a few shifts.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
11 Mar. 2026
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The two titles headline a program of 215 films from 71 countries and territories assembled for the festival’s Golden Jubilee edition.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
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Pakistan has long been strongly allied with China, especially in regard to regional issues with India.—
John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kurds make up about a tenth of Iran’s population, and the ethnic group’s other national factions in Iraq and Syria have allied with the US in prior decades to fight those countries’ rulers.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 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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After losing their clutch, the eagles brought sticks, fluff and prey to the nest, and mated — all signs new eggs might come.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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The wings have to be mated to the body with gaps of five- to ten-thousandths of an inch.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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