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cloning

[kloh-ning] / ˈkloʊ nɪŋ /
VERB
copy exactly
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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 project was led by Altragen, a cloning company Yakovenko co-owns with an agricultural company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Spiegel jokingly titled himself as the vice president of product at Meta, Facebook’s parent company, on LinkedIn, a nod to the social media giant’s cloning of Snapchat’s features.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

It's a way of cloning plants, with desirable traits and eliminating disease.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

“They did that cloning on my mother over there,” she said, surprised I hadn’t come across that fact in my research.

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



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