SPLICING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

splicing

verb

present participle of splice

as in chaining

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Standing up for carriage drivers cannot mean chaining their futures to a dying trade that risks lives every time a horse panics in traffic.

— Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
An agent spends at machine speed, retrying, looping and chaining calls without supervision on the AI meter.

— Prashant Jalan, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of chaining

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Located at 641 Avenue of the Americas in Chelsea, the 44,000-square-foot space brings together perfumers, fragrance development teams, application, digital and compounding capabilities under one roof.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Latif, a hitman who’s also a father of three and a practicing Muslim, faces compounding crises when his wife dies, leaving him with a newborn who can’t tolerate formula.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of compounding

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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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Ukraine has earned worldwide recognition for its cutting-edge drone industry, designing and assembling systems that have changed modern warfare.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Those aren't great odds, but as Dodgers fans kept reminding everyone while assembling their superteam, baseball is inherently random.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembling

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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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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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