SPLICED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

spliced

verb

past tense of splice

as in compounded

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The pain at the pump is compounded by elevated costs for food, electricity and housing.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
And the risks are compounded by the fact that many people are sourcing the injectable formulations from a grey market of online sellers.

— Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of compounded

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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

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So, what will governments, especially those allied to the United States, actually conclude?

— Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Its model could also connect other American and allied ore deposits with industries that currently depend heavily on foreign supply.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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The latest contract builds on work that began in 2023, when GE Aerospace received initial funding for concept development and assembled the team that would work on the platform.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Heading into the 2026 season, Glenn seems more genuine, lighthearted and comfortable — a shift that may reflect his growing confidence in the roster the Jets assembled this offseason.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of assembled

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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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Most of them, the researchers found, ended up being scored as cost reduction, while the largest returns clustered among the companies that aimed AI at revenue instead.

— Sreedhar Peddineni, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
With art storage facilities, galleries, and museums clustered along its canals, Tennoz is one of Tokyo’s leading art districts.

— The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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