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clone

[klohn] / kloʊn /
NOUN
exact duplicate
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Antonyms
STRONG


VERB
copy exactly
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A high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has taken TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his "lustrous" baritone, with a verdict due on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Her title on the platform: “Contract Recruiter” at “Confidential Jobs,” based in Smyrna, Ga. He found her clone, “Linda Anthony,” a “Contract Specialist” also at “Confidential Jobs”—this time in California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

She soon hired a house manager who would do anything that she herself would do if she had a clone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ultimately, trying to clone Obama is likely to be a fool’s errand.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Matt knew he was El Patron’s clone, but he was unclear about the meaning of the word.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

"The smaller clones are more aggressive," Bloomfield said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Regulations on AI companion bots took effect in July, aiming to curb emotional dependency and banning the creation of digital clones of real people without their consent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Voice clones are created by training AI on recordings of real people.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Much of the audience looks like clones of the star rapper, dressed in extremely oversized white tees, baggy denim, thick gold chains, tilted snapbacks and white-framed sunglasses with words written across the lenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

They were not very big, but they were so similar in shape and size that they looked like clones.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

In the case of cloned ones, at least two vehicles are on the road with the same letters and numbers - with only one of them being legal.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said the Passat was believed to be using cloned registration plates.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Within a week, she says, other project managers, designers and engineers had cloned her repository to spin up their own agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

That could produce difficulties for the cloned animals and for modern life, including the possible revival of prehistoric pathogens for which humankind has no defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Today, when we hear the word clone, we imagine scientists creating entire living animals —like Dolly the famous cloned sheep—using DNA from one parent.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

"Our industry can be crushed" if "unbridled" AI voice cloning spreads on social media, actor Bin Shimada, who is part of the campaign group, had told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

This had been accomplished with time travel and cloning technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

As high-quality synthetic re-creations become cheap and accessible, cloning has become a more desirable option for studios struggling with runaway production costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Still, the debate about whether it is the right way forward for horse sports is getting louder, as cloning progresses to gene editing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

But before the cloning of whole animals, there was the cloning of individual cells —Henrietta’s cells.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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