Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splicing
Verb
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Loomer settled for chaining herself to the company’s New York office.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025 -
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
Verb
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This fiscal strain is compounding a demographic shift unique to our region.—
Dick Batchelor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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González spoke with anger at the wreckage but also at the compounding economic and political crises that Venezuela has endured for decades.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Fortune,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Also mentioned is an auto-hitch system to simplify hooking it up to the tow vehicle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Jan. 2026
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The great Amazon in its north drains large areas as does the Parana-River Plate watershed to its south that reaches the Atlantic in the estuary between Argentina and Uruguay, The San Francisco flows north for hundreds of miles before hooking a right and dropping to the Atlantic.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The exhilarating Christmas Eve in Miller's Point wastes no time in assembling its massive cast of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and pet lizards.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Tony Vitello will be tasked with assembling a new group of pitching coaches.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In the animal kingdom, mammals play dead so that a predator will lose interest in them; some female dragonflies do it to avoid mating.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
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These close evolutionary neighbors sometimes share DNA, including potentially beneficial mutations, by mating across the species lines defined by humans’ classification systems.—
David Toews,
The Conversation,
11 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Several Vanderpump Rules alumni aren't hitching their wagons to The Valley.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
15 Nov. 2025
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Getting stuck in some remote native village for 36 days while hitching rides.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Economists warn that an increasing share of top university graduates clustering in the public sector rather than pursuing entrepreneurial or high-risk private-sector paths could weigh on longer-term economic growth.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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The program is part of a new pilot, funded by state and federal dollars, to improve the safety of entire neighborhoods by clustering the improvements.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
12 Nov. 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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