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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
  • 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
Verb
  • The officials referred to the militants as Fitna-ul-Khawarij, a term Islamabad uses for the Pakistani Taliban, a group that is separate but allied with the Afghan Taliban.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, a billionaire media conglomerate closely allied with the president will soon own one of its closest rivals, including some of the nation’s most critical news outlets.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of allied
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Lindsey, who shares travel tips under the handle @trolley__dolly, posted a photo of the wire hooked onto a door hanger inside another flight attendant’s room.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 15 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
Verb
  • It’s powered by a Chevy V-8 mated to a three-speed automatic transmission.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 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
  • Consider the needs of NASA's Apollo program — where landing sites were clustered toward the equator on the moon's near side —compared to the current Artemis program, which intends to focus initiatives at the lunar south pole.
    — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Another room over, regulars sat clustered around a long bench under a wall-sized sunset mural, while sports fan pennants decorate the rustic interior.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of clustered
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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