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Recent Examples of splice
Miller’s estate shared the trailer on YouTube, which splices clips of a little boy and his sprawling imaginary life of human-like animals going on a journey through a carnival.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
The two clips were captured on her doorbell camera before being spliced together by Burn for comic effect.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
In 1993, Dolce & Gabbana spliced up the image into puzzle pieces and printed an abstract version on blazers, midi dresses and bustier tops.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Junya Watanabe spliced indigo jeans with swaths of black fur.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
The two clips were captured on her doorbell camera before being spliced together by Burn for comic effect.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
In 1993, Dolce & Gabbana spliced up the image into puzzle pieces and printed an abstract version on blazers, midi dresses and bustier tops.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Junya Watanabe spliced indigo jeans with swaths of black fur.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splice
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Read Next National Autistic teen found starved, chained to cot, Ohio officials say.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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Giving it another try, around 4:45 p.m., protesters chained themselves to a gate at Earl Hall. Khalil, a green card holder, served as a negotiator and spokesman for the pro-Palestinian campus encampments last spring.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The 71-year-old coach doubled over punching the air in a rare show of celebration late in the second quarter when Chen drove left-handed to the rim and hooked in a layup, drawing a foul against USC freshman Avery Howell and hitting her free throw to boot.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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Forward Noah Gregor was called for hooking and holding in the first period and defenseman Mario Ferraro took hooking and tripping penalties in the second.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Housing patterns, too, were the result of discriminatory actions whose effects had compounded over decades.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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California’s unfriendly business environment, stifling regulations and high taxes compound the issue.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The pair got hitched in July 2022 in a romantic ceremony in Tuscany, Italy, after five years together, per Vogue.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Nevertheless, Joe Wright’s lush adaptation of Jane Austen’s second novel hitched Knightley’s star ever higher, establishing her as perhaps the premier period-drama heroine of our time—while also helping to launch people like Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike into the stratosphere.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
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The basic act of assembling and protesting the government’s actions is unquestionably protected, according to the First Amendment Coalition, a California nonprofit that’s committed to protecting freedom of speech.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Just a few years after her 2021 graduation, Montgomery has upward of 200 clients who pay $10,000 for Montgomery’s team to fully design and assemble their dorms on move-in day.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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In Palm Beach, where Mar-a-Lago forms the beating heart of MAGA society life, staff are expected to be either apolitical or allied with their bosses.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Aegis is a combat system designed for U.S. and allied surface warships, providing an integrated air and missile defense capability.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 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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If the weather is consistently warm and dry, the cicadas will finish mating sooner rather than later, which would mean a shorter season.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Whether the existing dire wolves or others Colossal might produce will be allowed to mate and spawn a next generation of wolves naturally is not yet known.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Splice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splice. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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