as in copied
to make an exact likeness of
will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market
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Recent Examples of cloned
Avoid third-party sites that host cloned or tampered versions of popular apps.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Brady’s late pet Lua was cloned using blood collected prior to her death in 2023, the Colossal investor said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
For high-profile figures, the stakes of being cloned couldn’t be higher.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
My lab has identified, cloned, and characterized some of the key enzymes that modify histones [a type of protein that plays a central role in epigenetic regulation].
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
However, the techniques necessary to bring back a bird such as the dodo are different from those the company used to create dire wolves because birds develop in an egg and can’t be cloned in the same way as mammals, making the process more challenging.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Finnie scored the first goal of the event for the Red Wings, powering his way to the net, and then nearly cloned the goal later that night.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
His estate cloned his voice and is now producing titles with a zombie narrator.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
It can’t be scaled endlessly or cloned through code.
—Paul Kopec, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Brady’s late pet Lua was cloned using blood collected prior to her death in 2023, the Colossal investor said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
For high-profile figures, the stakes of being cloned couldn’t be higher.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
My lab has identified, cloned, and characterized some of the key enzymes that modify histones [a type of protein that plays a central role in epigenetic regulation].
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
However, the techniques necessary to bring back a bird such as the dodo are different from those the company used to create dire wolves because birds develop in an egg and can’t be cloned in the same way as mammals, making the process more challenging.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Finnie scored the first goal of the event for the Red Wings, powering his way to the net, and then nearly cloned the goal later that night.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
His estate cloned his voice and is now producing titles with a zombie narrator.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
It can’t be scaled endlessly or cloned through code.
—Paul Kopec, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloned
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But tension from within the sheriff’s office boiled over and reached the public in November 2024, when then-Chief Deputy Kevin Canty resigned, sent McFadden a harsh resignation letter and copied the entire sheriff’s office to the email.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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State after state copied California’s Alien Land Law.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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In an exchange reproduced on screen, a fan asked Stause about her rift with Hernan.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Grossman found that stories that were critical of Hamas did not appear on BBC Arabic, but every story that attacked Israel was replicated by BBC Arabic, per the Telegraph.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Those are all specific processes that are often proprietary and unique to individual companies, and actually require a degree of human decision-making that isn’t easily replicated from scrapable data.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Majumdar’s characters’ choices would carry greater weight if the conditions constraining them were rendered with equal depth.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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However, the on-screen star rendered her bob era no more shortly after the film wrapped.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Dolphins won six of eight after that rough start last season, and the team hopes that turnaround can be duplicated.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The cameo feature, which allows your child’s likeness to be potentially duplicated in video form, and misused.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Cloned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloned. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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