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
Lua was cloned with help from biotech company Colossal Bioscience using blood collected before her death, Brady said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Before the regular season started, the availability of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was shrouded in so much secrecy that, at one point, there was a running conspiracy theory that he had been cloned.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2025
Avoid third-party sites that host cloned or tampered versions of popular apps.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 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
Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Before the regular season started, the availability of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was shrouded in so much secrecy that, at one point, there was a running conspiracy theory that he had been cloned.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2025
Avoid third-party sites that host cloned or tampered versions of popular apps.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloned
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By temporarily shielding inventors from having their designs and technologies copied, patents give firms a chance to generate profits during their limited time at the top of the ladder.—
David J. Kappos,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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This, however, poses a major problem in other fields, as the data cannot be copied without corrupting it.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2026
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Whitman traces how this legal foundation evolved into a broader moral menace that became a durable template in Western capitalism that was repeatedly reproduced.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The belief that the Maduro episode could be replicated in Iran also rests on a misleading comparison.—
Sanam Vakil,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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The base of her deep V-neckline was cinched with a cross embellishment, which was then replicated on her necklace with several more crosses varying in size.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Purdy, rendered ineffective by a torn ligament in his right elbow on the opening drive against the Eagles in a disastrous NFC title game loss three seasons ago, completed all three passes for 74 yards and capped the drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson.—
Dan Gelston,
Twin Cities,
12 Jan. 2026
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Or why roads and other critical infrastructure projects now take untold years and insane amounts of money to complete, and by the time they are finally opened are already rendered all but obsolete?—
Lee Steinhauer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Peeke and Hampus Lindholm duplicated down-low coverage on Ohgren.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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The president and other Republican allies have claimed that ballots were duplicated or that there were other attempts at voter fraud in the county.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Cloned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloned. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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