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[splahys] / splaΙͺs /


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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

For a short time, I wondered how to splice the second battery's leads into the main power supply.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Another early highlight, Reliquia, chops and splices a chamber quartet into unrecognisable electronic patterns, as Rosalía reconciles herself to the idea that she loves too hard, and locates the beauty in that vulnerability.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

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

Before Gould, such splices, inserts, dubbings and other tools of the recording engineers were generally seen as remedies for brief mistakes, sometimes of a single note.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

Next we listen to each snippet and choose our favorites, which Nico splices together.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

Waiting for them to cross a yawning crevasse bridged by two rickety ladders spliced end to end, I was shocked to see them go across together, almost in lockstep—a needlessly dangerous act.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Before many RNA molecules can be used, pieces of them must be cut and joined together in a process known as RNA splicing.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

"The key innovation in the biosynthesis of tagatose was in finding the slime mold Gal1P enzyme and splicing it into our production bacteria," said Nair.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026

But the method required splicing DNA of different organisms and using bacteria to propagate samples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

He said the error did not amount to "innocent splicing".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 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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