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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

He turned off the camera, blasted hardcore punk and began to splice his reel together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

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

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

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

On every film I’ve ever done, including “Oppenheimer,” I first showed it to the studio on cut and copy, taped together, splices and everything.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 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

ESRP2 binds to RNA and helps ensure that it is spliced correctly.

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

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

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

“I suppose you thought you could hide,” she said to the kitchen table, where Mia had been carefully splicing a photograph of a dog and a man together.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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