spliced

Definition of splicednext
past tense of splice

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Dividends kept growing, and capital compounded.
    Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Homeowners’ confusion is compounded by industry structure.
    Mike McGilvary, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • One protester chained herself to a Jaguar sedan that was parked in the middle of the road with its tires slashed, according to a police report.
    Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Schweit said Braun was thrown in the trunk of a car and later kept chained in a snowmobile trailer.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Much of it has been blamed on Baloch separatists and the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which is a separate group but allied with Afghanistan's Taliban.
    MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Much of it has been blamed on Baloch separatists and the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, which is a separate group but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban.
    Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Known for producing first-round draft picks as pitchers, Harvard-Westlake has assembled a group of hitters this season that looks capable of producing lots of offense after a season-opening 15-1 win over Southlake (Texas) Carroll on Thursday at O’Malley Family Field.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Net-a-porter and Mr Porter veterans Heather Kaminetsky and Toby Bateman have assembled their teams, set their strategies and begun rewriting the sites’ music for a new generation, and for one-time fans who may have drifted away.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Meta, as well as YouTube, are accused of intentionally designing addictive features that hooked a now-20-year-old woman as a child and harmed her mental health.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Though the show struggled ratings-wise, those who watched were hooked.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The cab would be abandoned and the trailer would be hitched to another truck, court documents show.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • After Season 9 ended with no couples getting hitched, will Season 10 finish up the same way?
    Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • To show their enduring affection, mated pairs of vultures synchronize their flight patterns, touch their beaks together in what looks like a kiss and entwine their long necks.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The engine is mated to a four-speed transmission.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Assorted House members, Hill staffers, Democratic donors, and lobbyist types clustered around tables of drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Those areas are most often clustered around major thoroughfares in the city such as Farmington Avenue, Asylum Avenue, Wethersfield Avenue, Washington Street and Broad Street.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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