splicing

verb

present participle of splice
as in chaining

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splicing
  1. chaining
  2. compounding
  3. hooking
  4. assembling
  5. mating
  6. hitching
  7. clustering
  8. allying
Verb
  • An agent spends at machine speed, retrying, looping and chaining calls without supervision on the AI meter.
    — Prashant Jalan, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Given the new realities of the AI age, including the chaining capabilities, companies like Microsoft might need to rethink their entire approach to triage, said Nguyen, the NSA’s former AI chief.
    — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 29 July 2026
Definition of chaining
Verb
  • But oil revenue has been particularly constrained by theft and pipeline vandalism that has cost the country about $300 billion in recent years, compounding in a worsening security crisis that has hampered the overall economy.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Besides the deaths of a dozen people from the compounding pharmacy in New England, some groups have raised broader safety concerns about drugs from compounding pharmacies.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of compounding
Verb
  • Ecobee says that just hooking this unit up can deliver up to 26% per year reductions on heating and cooling costs, which will pay for itself quickly.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • First, don’t rely on the industry to protect youth when its business model depends on hooking new customers and keeping them using their product.
    — Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of hooking
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  • Mark Zuckerberg is also establishing a family compound Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is worth $261 billion, has also been assembling a family compound in Palo Alto one house at a time.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The new leadership team that Skydance is assembling under the direction of Ellison and Ynon Kreiz, just recruited from Mattel to serve as co-CEO, has to navigate that dynamic.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • But though these chemicals are linked to mating in animal species, a link between pheromones and romantic attraction hasn’t been established in humans.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Wild turkeys can be particularly aggressive during mating season.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Definition of mating
Verb
  • For programmers, hitching their wagon to a large-scale tech platform is often worth giving up consumer data and revenue.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of hitching
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  • But clustering the high-end systems is an investment only a subset of users will ever need to make.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping the molecules fixed within the plastic prevents them from clustering as easily.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of clustering
Verb
  • The first three wives are dressed in the same colors at first, while Bolanle and Baba Degi appear more in tandem, evidence of who is allying themselves with whom.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, formally allying the World War II Axis powers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of allying
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“Splicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splicing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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