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splice

[splahys] / splaɪs /


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Four years ago, he left cell tower work to manage fiber crews, then saw how much this particular specialty makes—sometimes upward of $30 per splice for projects like this—and moved into that role.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 1, 2026

When a gene is copied into a raw RNA transcript, it usually can be processed in different ways to form distinct splice variants or isoforms; thus, a single gene may produce several different proteins.

From Science Daily Apr. 9, 2024

Rather than stingily splice the historical sources, as the Carralero court did, those judges drew upon the historical principles that justified locational restrictions.

From Slate Jan. 3, 2024

The local fishermen too said they were particularly wary of these boats as they are more prone to sinking and often splice their nets.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2023

I remember holding the bite of a line while Tom drove pegs and braided a splice.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Daniel Mason splices together different narrative strands to create a single story connecting its successive inhabitants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Beatlemania had dinged his appeal so perilously that editor Jonathan Redmond splices its arrival with images of car crashes and missile attacks.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

Another early highlight, Reliquia, chops and splices a chamber quartet into unrecognisable electronic patterns, as Rosalía reconciles herself to the idea that she loves too hard, and locates the beauty in that vulnerability.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

The active splicing factor splices out the inhibitory exon in the transcription factor, which turns on the genes that produce collagen.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2024

Werner rewinds the resistance track and splices the wires and plugs in the radio.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Cardinal Blase Cupich last month decried a video the White House posted online that spliced images of action scenes in movies with real videos of U.S. bombing in Iran.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2026

The video is a compilation of clips of charismatic Christian prophet Kim Clement, spliced together from 2007 appearances in California and Arizona.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

The product wasn’t profitable, and every user who spliced themselves into a World War II newsreel or Hollywood chase scene drew down a finite resource.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

He requested to know if the BBC had provided either video or audio of the spliced comments to either the PBS television channel or NPR radio in the United States.

From Barron's Nov. 20, 2025

At that moment Bull glanced over at Lillian, irritation spliced on the corners of his mouth.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But the method required splicing DNA of different organisms and using bacteria to propagate samples.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

Trying out mixes, considering hundreds of audio samples, scooping out tonal frequencies, splicing together temporary music cues, listening and listening again.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

He said the error did not amount to "innocent splicing".

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

Not only is splicing cell-type-specific, but its genetic regulation is also cell-type-specific.

From Science Daily Dec. 4, 2024

I pull up what he sent me, and then I run both files together, splicing them into one.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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