cloned

past tense of clone

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Recent Examples of cloned They can be created instantly, cloned across environments and embedded into applications without security teams’ visibility. Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 In fact, when American royalty Barbara Streisand famously had her beloved dog cloned, the precious pup in question was none other than a Coton de Tulear. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026 The United States’ Homeland Security Investigations targeted the original Streameast site in 2024 but multiple copycat sites sprang up after that, including the one at the centre of this case, which cloned its characteristics. Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Britney Spears’ son Jayden is shutting down the rumors that his mom has been cloned. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 One intrepid reporter journeys into the nondescript building where Hollywood’s biggest stars can be digitally cloned. Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 In 2014, a hacker claimed to have cloned a fingerprint of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, then Germany’s defence minister, using close-up photos taken at a press event. Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 29 June 2026 Popolis said it was cloned from the first of the witness lindens to come down in 1993, with help from the Morton Arboretum. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 This is why fruit crops are almost always propagated vegetatively, or cloned, rather than grown from seed. Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloned
Verb
  • Most scholars assume that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed sometime between the eighth century and the mid-seventh century BCE, and finally copied down by the mid-sixth century BCE.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • These are traditional storage methods that require data to be moved or copied before work can begin.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The committee reproduced the same delays and concentration of authority under the language of collaboration.
    ByLeonie H. Mattison, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Many parents believe travel provides educational experiences that cannot be replicated in a classroom.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In doing so, NYCG can create a paradigm-shifting model, providing a blueprint for how FAM could be embedded within future grocery stores and replicated nationwide.
    Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • ChatGPT, however, rendered the scene using sterile, abstract terminology.
    Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The two studio lots also boast dozens of soundstages; century-old fortresses that would not be easily duplicated.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Likewise, securing and even identifying rights continues to be a problem, which can even extend to subtitles, which might be copyrighted and need to be duplicated, causing unnecessary expenses.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

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“Cloned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloned. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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