Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splicing
Verb
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Many Spanish eateries keep tables and chairs outdoors, even after hours, by stacking them together and even chaining them to deter theft.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Zeus ultimately punishes Prometheus by chaining him to a rock and sending an eagle to eat his liver every day.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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The difference between compounding growth of 3% and 2% is monstrous in terms of dealing with this issue, so there’s a lot of discussion about running … real growth play.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Role of obesity and alcohol Lifestyle factors are also compounding risk.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hahn and Jeff Glaid, the WGFD biologist who conducted the study, told a room full of anglers in 2024 that if regulations didn’t change, and hooking injuries to fish — like bottom jaws torn off and severe scarring — continued, the department would have to start restocking in earnest.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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The rescuer takes two trips, hooking each passenger up to a line, then hoisting them from the beach, the video shows.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Music reality series focused on assembling a group have been around for years.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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Coaching the Crew The crew — including two backup crew members, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Gibbons — have been just as busy as the people assembling their spacecraft.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Adults emerge from the pupae and begin feeding, mating and laying eggs.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Fall is mating season for elk in places like Rocky Mountain National Park and Yellowstone, and approaching too closely can put both humans and animals at risk.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Getting stuck in some remote native village for 36 days while hitching rides.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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The researchers had shown in 2023 that parasitic scraps of DNA could spread within bacterial populations by hitching rides on the tails of infecting viruses.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And, through it all, the objects with mass and/or energy in the Universe gravitate, clumping and clustering together to form a great cosmic web.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The pins appear to march through the entire valley, overlaying each other and clustering at the locations of ranches and farms.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The King of Pop was allying himself with the King of Rock and Roll.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
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The King of Pop was allying himself with the King of Rock & Roll.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Splicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splicing. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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