spliced

verb

past tense of splice
as in compounded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spliced
  1. compounded
  2. chained
  3. allied
  4. assembled
  5. hooked
  6. hitched
  7. mated
  8. clustered
Verb
  • The money shows up after the tuition is paid, after most of the mortgage is gone, after the decades when capital could have compounded into something larger.
    — Jon Sabes, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • While every other major travel name compounded year after year, ABNB went essentially flat for two consecutive years.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • The agents chained together a series of vulnerabilities to reach the open web and eventually gained access to Hugging Face.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • During the protest, participants wore wedding dresses, duct-taped their mouths and chained their wrists on the Capitol steps to call on lawmakers to pass the measure.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of chained
Verb
  • The answer is to compete with credible US and allied open weight models, released regularly and backed by procurement incentives or direct lab commitments.
    — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Another person allied with Bass contacted Fight Agency last month about working for the Bass campaign, Mikail said, which the firm declined.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of allied
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  • Engineers have assembled a prototype air-cooling rig to test the passive safety systems.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • High prices, closed factories Anderson said from January to July this year, there were about 689,000 vehicles assembled in Canada.
    — Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Now Big Social Media is facing its Big Tobacco moment in court as four states—California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey—try to prove that Meta designed Instagram and Facebook to keep young users hooked.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Mercyenforcer’s face is angular and wind‑burnt, jaw square and unshaven beneath a steel half mask hooked over his mouth.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 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
Verb
  • For the past eight years, that's when Jackie and Shadow have mated and begun reinforcing their longtime nest.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The handcrafted mill is mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission and makes 621 hp and 664 ft lbs of torque.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of mated
Verb
  • Most of the large developments with urban vibes in Sandy Springs are clustered around the Perimeter rather than the city’s northern edge.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nanda Win, head of the Yangon Regional Department of Public Health, said cases were particularly concentrated in downtown Yangon’s Chinatown area, where street food vendors, restaurants and bars are clustered, according to the report.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of clustered
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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