cloned

verb

past tense of clone
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 More than a decade later, scientists cloned a female ferret named Willa from the founding clutch as a form of genetic resurrection. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 In this case, the scammers likely took snippets of the loan officer’s voice from his social media posts and cloned it, Adams said. — Emily Elconin For Cnn, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloned
  1. copied
  2. reproduced
  3. replicated
  4. rendered
  5. duplicated
Verb
  • The lecture last week focused on how anti-Mexican politics have always worked in Orange County and usually go on to be copied nationwide.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In traditional enterprise architecture, data is largely stored, copied and moved.
    — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of copied
Verb
  • In all of the sketchbook entries reproduced here, Ross seems to offer a bridge between the representation of emptiness and the lived sensation of it.
    — Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of providing more security, its obfuscation tactics challenged experts, who then reproduced—and improved upon—the result.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of reproduced
Verb
  • This has been replicated many times before, even by Lacoste, but most notably by the brand Sneex.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Traditional data mapping focuses on where information is stored and replicated.
    — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • They were rendered invisible in the dominant discourse, their deaths acceptable costs in a game of power politics and conquest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Abercrombie, who was born in Texas in 1909 and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, is known for enigmatic, psychologically potent compositions of natural objects and mysterious figures rendered in a muted palette.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of rendered
Verb
  • Information was duplicated across five or six locations, sometimes appearing in slightly different configurations.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Reducing the number of physical test vehicles and duplicated validation efforts needed because data and context carry forward.
    — Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of duplicated

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“Cloned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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