splicing

present participle of splice

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Verb
  • The sight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents handcuffing and chaining the wrists, waists and ankles of skilled technicians shocked South Koreans.
    Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the fact that not all of its facilities were complete, Natcast had plans to proceed with research by chaining together existing infrastructure around the country.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And 92% of businesses say the cost of inaction to their business will be higher than the cost of transition, compounding risk and hindering growth.
    Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Eikenberry argued that the administration is compounding the opioid crisis by cutting treatment programs while escalating military force abroad.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Focused, Not Flashy Industry rivals are assembling sprawling portfolios.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • It was found that CFAP91 acts as a scaffold, a key component for assembling the radial spoke 3 (RS3) complex in the flagellum.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The disease spreads in koala populations through reproduction and social behavior connected to mating.
    Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The colony quickly descended into indiscriminate violence, stopped mating, and died out.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the new Regensdorf trial, RIVR ONE robots will be hitching rides in Swiss Post delivery vans, then carrying select Swiss Post parcels and Migros Online grocery deliveries from those vans to clients' doorsteps.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But Amazon must be doing something right if even Peacock sees the value of hitching its wagon to the big guy.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Subsequent cosmic steps reveal large-scale galaxy clustering.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The resort has three unofficial zones, from south to north, clustering around the Nafsika Building, the Arion Building, and the bungalows.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sydney Sweeney is a master of self-promotion—but is allying herself with the Republican Party a social-media storm too far?
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Splicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splicing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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