SPLICING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

splicing

verb

present participle of splice

as in chaining

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That frees up human operators to focus on big-picture decisions, such as monitoring weather forecasts, running flight simulations for possible paths, and then chaining together a series of navigational waypoints for the smoothest possible journey.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Standing up for carriage drivers cannot mean chaining their futures to a dying trade that risks lives every time a horse panics in traffic.

— Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of chaining

Verb

Despite that lack of evidence, the loosening of restrictions has come after the FDA began analyzing how to make the substances more accessible and convened a panel to discuss allowing compounding pharmacies to manufacture them.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
The issue of compounding safety became a greater focus for the FDA after a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis in 2012 was linked to contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of compounding

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Ecobee says that just hooking this unit up can deliver up to 26% per year reductions on heating and cooling costs, which will pay for itself quickly.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
First, don’t rely on the industry to protect youth when its business model depends on hooking new customers and keeping them using their product.

— Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hooking

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The two looks also mark a departure from the vintage-heavy wardrobe Roach has been assembling for Kardashian, which has included some archival pulls from Saint Laurent and Elizabeth Taylor-channelling Balenciaga.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
Because freedom of navigation was viewed as a fundamental principle of the global order, assembling large groups committed to upholding this pillar was intended to demonstrate international resolve and isolate the bad actor.

— Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembling

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Their reproductive organs can sit on opposite sides, making mating difficult.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
But though these chemicals are linked to mating in animal species, a link between pheromones and romantic attraction hasn’t been established in humans.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of mating

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For programmers, hitching their wagon to a large-scale tech platform is often worth giving up consumer data and revenue.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hitching

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In an interview with CNBC Wednesday, Case warned that clustering billions of dollars of equipment and computing capacity in a small number of locations could make some projects difficult to insure, with consequences for developers seeking financing.

— Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026
But clustering the high-end systems is an investment only a subset of users will ever need to make.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of clustering

Verb

The first three wives are dressed in the same colors at first, while Bolanle and Baba Degi appear more in tandem, evidence of who is allying themselves with whom.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, formally allying the World War II Axis powers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

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