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[splahys] / splaɪs /


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Shortly after the launch, Altman encouraged users to find different ways to splice him into famous or iconic scenes from popular culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 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

Dinosaurs and humans in a genetic splice become robots and take over the world.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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

Guadagnino splices in his smug smile so much that we get sick of it, and maybe that’s the idea: Patrick’s charm is losing its appeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts.

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

Instead of simply measuring the total amounts of RNA and protein, as many studies do, Kalsotra's team used deep RNA sequencing and computational analysis to examine how RNA fragments were being spliced.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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

A video that ended up with a very obviously spliced piece of audio as a punchline went over so well Jost had to stop to collect himself from laughing so hard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2025

Waiting for them to cross a yawning crevasse bridged by two rickety ladders spliced end to end, I was shocked to see them go across together, almost in lockstep—a needlessly dangerous act.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Some are using genetic testing and exploring gene splicing to produce children with desired traits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

The new lawsuit filed by Baldoni accuses the New York Times of cherry-picking texts, stripping them of context and deliberately splicing them to mislead readers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025

This diversity allows the observation of Asian-specific genetic regulation of splicing.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

Reich was fascinated by the creative possibilities of splicing up tape recordings and putting them back together again in collage or repetitive sequence, inspiring, among others, The Beatles to do likewise.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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