spliced

verb

past tense of splice
as in compounded

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  1. compounded
  2. chained
  3. allied
  4. assembled
  5. hooked
  6. hitched
  7. mated
  8. clustered
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  • Manning still has flashbacks — now, compounded by fear that the next evacuation could be complicated by heavy truck traffic.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • This is compounded by the fact that manufacturing is closely aligned with high-stakes industries like aerospace and defense, medical technology or industrial equipment, where every part must meet strict criteria.
    — Marc Kermisch, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • The Democrats wrote in a summary of the allegations that immigrants sleep while restrained with handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains, and even elderly people have been chained for 16 hours a day.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Apple is keeping up by enabling M5 Pro Mac minis to be chained together via Thunderbolt 5 to share their computational resources for larger AI models.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of chained
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  • But expanding domestic and allied capacity to manufacture the most critical medicines and ingredients — and maintain adequate strategic reserves — would dramatically reduce China’s leverage in any future crisis.
    — Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Just days before, the TPLF publicly allied with other Ethiopian armed groups aiming to overthrow the federal government.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of allied
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  • On a budget of just $15 million, Yamazaki assembled a visual effects team of just 35 artists to create 610 effects shots.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The machine’s roughly 80-ton tower was delivered in two sections and assembled on site.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembled
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  • The helicopter was configured for a 100-foot longline rescue, and after reaching the promontory, a tactical flight officer was lowered to the victim who was able to stand and be hooked to the rescue line and lifted off the bluff.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of hooked
Verb
  • But Coyote has hitched his hopes for the mammoth case upon a man who could only be called a coward.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Looks like an entire orbital launchpad could be hitched to a semi-truck and driven anywhere on Earth, thanks to space launch provider Rocket Lab.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hitched
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  • The gargantuan mill is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and makes 1,167 hp and 1,100 ft lbs of torque.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After additional testing there, the vehicle will undergo a static fire test before being mated with the upper stage.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of mated
Verb
  • Elderly couples surrounded us in somber ceremony, each of them in seats clustered close to one another, some holding hands, their fingers dusted in crumb cake.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Smoky gray crystals are clustered along the ends of each nail, creating a glitzy take on the classic French manicure with a bit more edge.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of clustered
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