cloned

verb

past tense of clone
as in copied
to make an exact likeness of will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market

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Recent Examples of cloned ElevenLabs has added Vaughan to its No Go Voices, meaning his voice cannot be directly cloned on its platform in the future. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 More than a decade later, scientists cloned a female ferret named Willa from the founding clutch as a form of genetic resurrection. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 In this case, the scammers likely took snippets of the loan officer’s voice from his social media posts and cloned it, Adams said. — Emily Elconin For Cnn, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 They can be created instantly, cloned across environments and embedded into applications without security teams’ visibility. — Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 In fact, when American royalty Barbara Streisand famously had her beloved dog cloned, the precious pup in question was none other than a Coton de Tulear. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026 The United States’ Homeland Security Investigations targeted the original Streameast site in 2024 but multiple copycat sites sprang up after that, including the one at the centre of this case, which cloned its characteristics. — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Britney Spears’ son Jayden is shutting down the rumors that his mom has been cloned. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 One intrepid reporter journeys into the nondescript building where Hollywood’s biggest stars can be digitally cloned. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloned
  1. copied
  2. reproduced
  3. replicated
  4. rendered
  5. duplicated
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  • Over the past few years, a consistent complaint from Western developers and the White House has been that Chinese developers have copied their tech.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The letter is addressed to the Los Angeles County Counsel's office and also is copied to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan, effectively putting the entire state on notice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of copied
Verb
  • The company reproduced them on playing cards, business cards.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The mounting holes, locating slots, and curved bodies reproduced clearly, although visible layer lines and some surface unevenness made these less polished than my fine-detail test prints.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of reproduced
Verb
  • Efthymiou has also been trying to get a mouse-model study underway where the NCBRS genetic mutations are replicated in mice and studied.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But what if the Christmas card campaign unintentionally replicated a specific individual?
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • The city argued that the changes rendered portions of Jackson’s lawsuit moot because the original restrictions were no longer in effect.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Campus security found the women and rendered emergency medical services before they were transported to a nearby hospital, according to the indictment.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of rendered
Verb
  • Those who voted on Issue 7A but were not eligible to do so will have their ballots duplicated onto the correct ballot style, state officials said.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The company started scanning repositories for credentials, began alerting users that their credentials were exposed, and even set up default push protections to prevent affected repositories from being duplicated.
    — Alex Colon, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of duplicated

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“Cloned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloned. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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