as in copying
to make an exact likeness of
will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market
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Recent Examples of cloning
In August 2024, a collective of voice actors and authors sued ElevenLabs for allegedly cloning voices without consent by using copyrighted audiobooks as training material.
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Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
Collaboration is also more flexible with Live Share, letting teammates jump into sessions without cloning repos or setting up full environments.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
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
There were even recent reports that Ferguson was considering joining a reality show centered on cloning the late queen’s corgis.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Apr. 2026
Many organisms like certain plants and bacteria reproduce by essentially cloning themselves.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
The pursuit of truth through artifice would seem to defeat the object, and early experiments, like cloning Anthony Bourdain’s voice, were met with serious skepticism.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Preserving tissue improves cloning success rates — a lesson Anderson learned the hard way after degraded samples contributed to her four-year wait.
—Ryan Brennan
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
Collaboration is also more flexible with Live Share, letting teammates jump into sessions without cloning repos or setting up full environments.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
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
There were even recent reports that Ferguson was considering joining a reality show centered on cloning the late queen’s corgis.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Apr. 2026
Many organisms like certain plants and bacteria reproduce by essentially cloning themselves.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
The pursuit of truth through artifice would seem to defeat the object, and early experiments, like cloning Anthony Bourdain’s voice, were met with serious skepticism.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Preserving tissue improves cloning success rates — a lesson Anderson learned the hard way after degraded samples contributed to her four-year wait.
—Ryan Brennan
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloning
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This one turns off Gemini in addition to personalized Drive search, copying loyalty cards to Wallet and Calendar event extraction from Gmail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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An aspiring author had sent Hoover their manuscript, also copying a fraudulent email impersonating Hoover on the email chain.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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The polyphenols in cranberries also block viruses from reproducing and stimulate the immune system.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
27 Apr. 2026
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After his death in 1993, the hippos escaped and began reproducing in the wild.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Over the past decade, Pau has created a series of media installations about the bauhinia, exploring different methods of rendering scientific data as sound and light.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Charging from the back of the pack and down the stretch to win the Derby, Golden Tempo made history for DeVaux, taking her breath away in the process and rendering her nearly speechless.—
Stephen Whyno,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Food is prepared on charcoal- burning grills, giving it a mouthwatering char and aroma that electric grills could never dream of replicating.—
Nathanael Gassett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ahead of taking on the task of replicating Michael's legendary voice and performing skills, Jaafar practiced for hours on end to sing as Michael.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Cloning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloning. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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