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cloning

[kloh-ning] / ˈkloʊ nɪŋ /
VERB
copy exactly
Synonyms


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The developer has issued a copyright takedown request in a bid to prevent competitors from cloning the coding tool’s features.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The artistic challenge, of course, is transformation, not cloning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

In 1978, Habener set up his own lab at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, looking to capitalize on a new technology for cloning genes by studying pancreatic and other hormones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

It also opened a Pandora's Box of controversial scientific and ethical issues - including human cloning, designer babies and "Frankenstein foods".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

To understand why cellular cloning was important, you need to know two things: First, HeLa didn’t grow from one of Henrietta’s cells.

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