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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
  • For small businesses, the stress of filling a position is compounded by lower brand recognition and fewer hiring resources.
    — Audrey Payne, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And that was compounded by the Rams’ travel plans being widely panned after their sluggish defeat.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • The other seats are all chained to the table for when Carrie sends everything in the room flying.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Eight days later, Shelley’s body was found tied, taped in plastic and chained to concrete in the Trinity River.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of chained
Verb
  • Some Senate candidates allied with Flávio Bolsonaro have promised to push to impeach members of the country's highest court, while Lula allies are considering term limits.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Firefighters struggled to contain the initial outbreak, and strong winds, allied to the withered land, saw the flames quickly spread.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of allied
Verb
  • Dolce’s cool, reductive architectural sense, with its airy vistas and great open spaces inside and out (perfect for their energetic Labradors, Lola and her son, Dali), is cluttered with the eclectic bounty that Gabbana has assembled over the years.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The masa must then be mixed with fat, broth and salt and aerated to achieve the right consistency before the tamales can be assembled, carefully wrapped and cooked.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 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
  • Nicolas Jackson, on a yellow card, was hooked and Tammy Abraham took his place.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 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
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of mated
Verb
  • 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
  • These, too, clustered within the same tempo range, with a peak around 180 beats per minute.
    — Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of clustered
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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