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clone

[klohn] / kloʊn /
NOUN
exact duplicate
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STRONG


VERB
copy exactly
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In our Valley Stream, Long Island home, my youthful 80-year-old, African American mother and I — her Gen X son and facial clone — comment on each episode like armchair judges.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

In 2010, a clone of his champion mare Cuartetera sold at auction for $800,000, an eye-popping sum for a polo pony at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Many family-emergency scams do not even require a perfect voice clone.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Now, he’s returned with “Sheep in the Box,” a slick and dull story about two grieving parents who adopt a clone of their dead son.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Even if they could, few rowing coaches would simply clone their biggest, strongest, smartest, and most capable rowers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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