splice
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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
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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
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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
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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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