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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

The boy and I will splice them when we are home.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 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

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

Slowly, meticulously, he unwraps the coil, carries the entire looped mess downstairs, and calls Jutta inside to hold the pieces for him while he splices the breaks.

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

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

The Instagram post promoting the handbag, which has a label to say it was made using AI, shows a "surreal" collage of models spliced between Valentino logos and its DeVain bag.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

Carr wrote in the letter, seen by AFP, that the broadcast by the BBC's Panorama programme spliced together clips that were 54 minutes apart.

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

What her character sees, where she chooses to stand and look, makes up much of the film, although the editing team does phenomenal work splicing in other characters’ points of view.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

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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