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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
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
The company is also working on creating more dire wolves from a new cell line, since Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi are technically clones and therefore will not be allowed to breed.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
Camarena, who told detectives he had been genetically cloned in Orange County, was sentenced to life in prison for that assault.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Collaboration has also improved through Live Share, which allows developers to work together in real time without requiring teammates to fully clone repositories or mirror local environments.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
The company is also working on creating more dire wolves from a new cell line, since Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi are technically clones and therefore will not be allowed to breed.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Verb
Visuomotor learning—especially behavior cloning from human demonstrations—is helping bridge this gap, enabling robots to perform complex tasks in challenging conditions without explicit programming.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
Camarena, who told detectives he had been genetically cloned in Orange County, was sentenced to life in prison for that assault.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clone
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Cloud platforms provide services from microtasks like data labelling to freelance design and copy-editing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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In the row behind him was Jameson’s favorite masked menace, reading a copy of the Daily Bugle.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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In Nigerian churches, fans hoisted aloft replica trophies at thanksgiving prayer services.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Officers detained many of the people in the fight after chasing them down and later found the replica Glock gun, police said.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The models specifically reproduced how said particles would interact with the expanding shell of material shrugged off by the supernova's dying progenitor star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
25 May 2026
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Shenzhou 21 is also carrying six types of experimental samples and four black mice for experiments related to reproduction in low Earth orbit.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
24 May 2026
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Scientists also warned that artificial light is dramatically affecting biodiversity, especially among nocturnal species that rely on darkness for feeding, migration and reproduction.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Eastern Ukraine — There is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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This new image uses data from the Sentinel-3 mission to show in vibrant color just how extreme and far-reaching this heat has been.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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States seeking to grow in people and wealth would be well-served by replicating parts of Florida’s tax approach.—
Nicole Huyer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Wemby and the sky hook The greatest shot creation in NBA history was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s sky hook, which few centers have been able to replicate, much less master.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The Leovao twins attended El Camino High School, then spent three years at Long Beach State before transferring to Eastern Michigan, which hired former Georgia coach Josh Brewer and received a hefty investment in the program from an alumni group.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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The actress and singer shares 18-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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The only danger was that theriac was thought to heat the body and thus could supposedly render an individual more susceptible to corruption by the plague.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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In the 1950s and 1960s, goldwork comes to the fore, with skirts rendered in intricate, lace-like precious metal.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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“Clone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clone. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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