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splice

[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

At the other end, Rushworth tests Holder with a short ball, which he pulls off the splice for no run.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 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

Now, so many highly respected writers adopt the splice comma that a rather unfair rule emerges on this one: only do it if you’re famous.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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

The video for the track splices footage of Cole Palmer's goals for Chelsea with shots of Nemzzz in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

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

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

Carr said he wanted to determine if the BBC provided either the video or audio of the spliced speech to any broadcaster "regulated by the FCC for airing in the US".

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

Once again, I had that familiar, unsettling feeling of being in a movie where the film has been broken and then spliced together a whole scene later.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

Far from simply pressing a button, film projectionists must actively guide a screening, threading and splicing reels and closely monitoring for mechanical issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

More were at work on their boats, polishing brass, sitting on deck splicing ropes, hosing down the sails.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt


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