spliced

Definition of splicednext
past tense of splice

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The confusion is compounded by the patchwork nature of the SNAP program, which is administered jointly by the federal government and the states.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The Earle-Sears campaign’s struggles were compounded by the silence from the top of her party.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Twenty-one sailors were chained, stripped and sold into slavery.
    Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
  • One of Elizabeth Vartkessian’s clients had been left chained to a bed as a baby with a bottle and some bowls nearby.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The United Arab Emirates has been accused by human rights groups of directly supplying the RSF with weaponry, an allegation the country strongly denied, while Saudi Arabia and Egypt have allied with the SAF.
    ByGuy Davies, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Iran has been a theocracy since 1979, when clerics toppled a secular monarch allied with the West, leading to the formation of the Islamic Republic led by Khomenei.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Early prototypes shown at CES were assembled rapidly for demonstration, but Lumus says the underlying architecture avoids exotic materials.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The incident, captured on video by multiple bystanders, occurred as a group of people allegedly assembled to block ICE officers who were conducting an immigration enforcement operation.
    Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Fran Drescher’s rave review sold me on the Nail System—and now everyone in my life is hooked.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Chelsea, who saw their prodigy Estevao swallowed up by the occasion and hooked at the break, had their doors blown off.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • By November, they were hitched.
    Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • With Colin and Penelope now happily hitched and raising their son, the new season focuses on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and his love story with Sophie (Yerin Ha), which unfolds at his mother's soiree of the year.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • That motor comes mated to a four-speed gearbox and semi-automatic centrifugal clutch – no clutch lever, no fuss.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
  • With qualification tests now complete, Neutron's fairing section has been shipped to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia, where it will be mated to the rocket ahead the vehicle's debut launch.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Another factor could be too many buds clustered on a shoot where removal of all but one of them will ensure that the remaining bud will open.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Granite Staters are also more likely to live close together, with nearly two-thirds of the population clustered in three metropolitan counties that include mid-sized cities such as Manchester and Dover.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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