spliced

past tense of splice

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spliced
Verb
  • That has been compounded by Barcelona’s press struggling this season.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The shutdown has compounded financial strain for a community already impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even as Altman pitches a science-fictional future, his company is chained to products and business models from the recent technological past.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The giant ugly sea monster Cetus was closing in on a beach where Princess Andromeda was chained to a rock by her own parents, Cassiopeia and Cepheus, the king and queen of ancient Ethiopia.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In October 1940, the Soviet Union was allied with Nazi Germany and technically at war with Britain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Her victory comes after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party allied with the Japan Innovation Party and reportedly signed an agreement over the weekend to form a coalition government.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Putting it all together My e-tourer arrived mostly assembled – though the handlebar, pedals, saddle, front light, display and quick-release front wheel needed installing, along with the front fender, plus some tightening up here and there had to be done.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The measure allows qualifying taxpayers to deduct interest on loans for vehicles assembled in the United States, provided the loans were initiated after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2029.
    Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Morgan Gibbs-White hooked a difficult Douglas Luiz header across the box high and wide.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In one second-quarter stretch, Smart checked in, hit a jumper, flopped to draw an offensive foul on Curry, then hooked his arm around Curry’s shoulder and wrestled the Warriors star to the floor, earning him a flagrant 1 foul and prompting a celebration from Horford.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That outlines Andromeda, the princess, who’s hitched to the rear end of the horse.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Joe Manganiello is getting hitched.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The engine is mated to a four-speed manual transmission.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In particular, screens mated to computers, the most flexible machines ever invented.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some wandered the warehouse; others clustered at the registers, leaning on conveyor belts to chat and eat.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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