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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
the car is a clone under a different brand name—it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin
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as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air
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as in to copy
to make an exact likeness of
will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market
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Recent Examples of clone
Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In the eighth season of Rick and Morty, our unscrupulous genius and his teenage companion get into lots more scraps featuring virtual realities, the Easter Bunny, and an entire planet full of their clones.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
These cards, used by low-income families to access food benefits, are increasingly being cloned, skimmed and drained, feds say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
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Noun
However, after his 17th version unexpectedly survives a mission, a new 18th clone is already in rotation — leaving two Mickeys alive and one slated for annihilation.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In the eighth season of Rick and Morty, our unscrupulous genius and his teenage companion get into lots more scraps featuring virtual realities, the Easter Bunny, and an entire planet full of their clones.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
In a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, the studio came up with the idea to digitally clone Johnson and use a body double for some shots.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
These cards, used by low-income families to access food benefits, are increasingly being cloned, skimmed and drained, feds say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clone
Noun
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That’s more than 500 equivalent copies from the period before, with more than 2,400 of those being pure sales.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Sep. 2025
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There is also an actual mechanical shark that visitors can manipulate, albeit a scale replica.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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One of the new additions to the lobby is a replica of a 1925 chandelier, recreated by artisans from photos that were discovered of the original ornate light fixture.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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This is the company’s guiding philosophy and aims to reproduce audio just as the artist intended with lifelike realism, emotional depth and spatial precision.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This Imperial Beach restaurant plans to reproduce its business at Terminal 1.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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The findings are changing the way scientists understand ant reproduction, showing that ants can produce individuals of another species as part of their life cycle.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Through pollination, insects enable the reproduction of flowering plants, including many that form the base of food chains or are agriculturally important to humans.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hey Alexa, create an image of traders popping champagne in the New York Stock Exchange.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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In images taken from the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday, plumes of smoke could be seen rising above the city, which is the largest in the Gaza Strip.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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But while salons have offered steam treatments as a curly hair staple for decades, at-home steamers have been too bulky (attempting to replicate in-salon domes) or too hard to use, requiring you to wrestle your curls into heated thermal caps, a battle that’s easy to lose.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Here, 20 members of Forbes Coaches Council share soft skills professionals will need to stay resilient as the world of work continues to evolve them, underscoring the importance of honing human capabilities that technology can’t replicate.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The paper also highlights the potential of digital twins — virtual patient replicas that allow doctors to simulate treatments before applying them in real life.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This deepening also has an index in the formal features of his poetry—the ambiguity of his pronouns, the firm particularity of his register of images—which teeters between the mundane and the epiphanic, and renders this imbalance itself into view.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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When workers are used as invisible inputs in opaque AI systems that determine hiring, promotions and surveillance protocols, their autonomy can be eroded—and traditional labor rights rendered toothless.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Clone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clone. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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