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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
the car is a clone under a different brand name—it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin
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as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air
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as in to copy
to make an exact likeness of
will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market
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Recent Examples of clone
Jeffrey Ressner, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
The wine is built on blends, typically Garganega, Trebbiano, Trebbianello (a local strain of Friulano), Bianca Fernanda (a clone of Cortese) and Malvasia, grown on hills that once marked the edge of glacial retreat.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The tree, which survives by cloning itself, is also considered culturally vital to the Kizh Nation, an Indigenous group.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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Noun
Meanwhile, Skeletor sends a quartet of vicious mercenaries (including an ugly Chewbacca clone) after them.
—Jeffrey Ressner, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
The wine is built on blends, typically Garganega, Trebbiano, Trebbianello (a local strain of Friulano), Bianca Fernanda (a clone of Cortese) and Malvasia, grown on hills that once marked the edge of glacial retreat.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
Scammers can clone voices, generate convincing videos, imitate writing styles, and create fake emergencies that feel real.
—Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The tree, which survives by cloning itself, is also considered culturally vital to the Kizh Nation, an Indigenous group.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clone
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Initial negotiations between the United States and Iran are still expected to take place in the Swiss mountain resort of Bürgenstock on Friday, Switzerland’s foreign ministry said, after the US and Iran signed a copy of their agreement.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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In the tax filings, the nonprofit also noted that each member gets a copy of the document.—
Sooji Nam,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones has raised millions, including helping to get $800,000 in donations to fund a replica of a historic ship for the maritime museum in his San Diego district.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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When fans walked into Globe Life Mall, they were handed a free sleeveless replica jersey for former Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler, who happens to be Jewish.—
Mac Engel
June 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
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Once a specific constraint is imposed, the mathematical model reproduces the exact behavior of the original nonreciprocal flock.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 June 2026
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But the country’s key tool for suppressing the pest — a facility that breeds sterile flies to halt reproduction of the parasite — isn’t slated to begin operating until November 2027.—
Ilena Peng,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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Perhaps Abby pursues the reproduction of human experience to counter the void of her own life.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Video and images of about 150 strikes against Russian fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles have been geolocated and analyzed by French open-source analyst Clément Molin and the volunteer-run OSINT group Geoconfirmed, as well as CNN’s OSINT team.—
Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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This is the first time the public has seen the still images and video, as no cameras were allowed inside the courtroom during the trial.—
Matthew Davisson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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The researchers explored how to grow grass in indoor stadiums that lack plant-sustaining sunlight, collecting data in a shade structure FIFA constructed at the University of Tennessee to replicate conditions of a domed stadium.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Those raw emotions and moments of shared experience, which can be so hard to find in a fractured society, will be replicated all over the world in the coming weeks, bring families, communities and entire nations together, uniting them in hope, joy and, of course, despair.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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Douglas Fir sleeps up to eight guests, offering two bathrooms and three bedrooms—two of which have queen beds, and one of which is a family suite on the ground floor with a queen bed and two twins.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Hope and despair are twins, inextricable.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Prior to that, Copilot generated its response using raw HTML, which is temporarily rendered in the browser DOM.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
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Paramedics responded and rendered aid to the man before pronouncing him dead at the scene.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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“Clone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clone. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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