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Recent Examples of splice
Words tumble out and stack up and need a second to be spliced apart before they get replaced with a new pile of words.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Everything in the Showcase mode is fully rendered in real-time, eliminating the need for splicing in real-world footage.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
In the lab, researchers can extract, splice and analyze genomic sequences from blood, saliva, tissues, DNA and other biospecimens that are collected from South Florida, Africa, South America, Asia and other parts of the world.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
In the adaptation, the images of space exploration are not diegetic but spliced into the film itself, as the movie abandons the first person.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Everything in the Showcase mode is fully rendered in real-time, eliminating the need for splicing in real-world footage.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
In the lab, researchers can extract, splice and analyze genomic sequences from blood, saliva, tissues, DNA and other biospecimens that are collected from South Florida, Africa, South America, Asia and other parts of the world.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
In the adaptation, the images of space exploration are not diegetic but spliced into the film itself, as the movie abandons the first person.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splice
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Even when Todd, succumbing to both his serious illness and the house’s demons, treats him rather shabbily, at one point chaining him to an outside doghouse where Indy proves frighteningly vulnerable to threatening forces.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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Challenging the status quo meant risking their job security and stability, and this kept them chained to the existing ways.—
Kamales Lardi,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The video went viral, amassing more than 460,000 views and 500 comments Taylor Curl first heard of One Direction in 2011 from a friend — and right away she was hooked.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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The murder mystery, sci-fi, natural catastrophe tale hooks its viewers within the first few scenes and doesn’t let go until the very last scene, and even then, you’re left wanting more.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Failure to meet these requirements can result in severe penalties, compounding their issues with the ASFR program.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Since 1960, compounding dividends have accounted for 85% of the S&P 500′s total return, according to Hartford Funds.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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Because of this responsibility, a CIO might hitch their cart to one vendor to ease their AI strategy and governance.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Buh buh!), Mario Cipollina’s driving bass, and Chris Hayes’ electric guitar start blaring as Marty rushes off to school on his skateboard, hitching rides on the back of a Ford pickup truck and then again on a Jeep Wrangler; one of the coolest things this ’80s kids had ever seen.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The 151-foot statue was assembled in France by 1884 and presented to the U.S. minister to France that same year.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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This film is shaping up to be one of the biggest productions in Philippine cinema, with one of the largest casts ever assembled.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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But a takeover by businessman Dermot Usher, allied to a general shift, has altered attitudes.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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The narrative about Kurds implementing multi-ethnic, feminist, and open-minded governing systems in Iraq and Syria, allied with the West in the fight against ISIS, is untrue.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Rowling and longtime confederates Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts are exec producing, so she is expected to be involved in the decision-making on the series.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Authorities are accusing Antonio Hernandez and confederates Ivan Murillo-Hernandez and Alexis Garcia Martinez of ripping off mail from unsuspecting venues with the help of four juveniles, whose names were not released.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2024
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On Friday morning the core stage of the SLS rocket sat in one corner of the assembly building, but it is slated to shift to another corner before the end of the month to be mated with the two solid rocket boosters.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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Photo : Darin Schnabel, courtesy of RM Sotheby's This E-Type example boasts a 265 hp, 4.2-liter inline-six engine mated to a five-speed transmission.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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