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Recent Examples of clone
Noun
Only Eleven Labs and Resemble AI cost money — respectively $5 and $1 — to create a custom voice clone. Kevin Collier, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025 Despite the thought-provoking potential of clones as a trope, many clone movies — most of them, in fact — are pretty dumb. James Grebey, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
United States President Bill Clinton swiftly banned the use of federal funds to clone human beings, which led to legislation banning cloning human beings and regulating embryonic research. Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2025 Oram has already seen cases where scammers cloned a person's voice to stage a fake kidnapping ransom call. Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clone
Noun
  • So pack your bags, pick up that worn copy of your favorite Austen classic, and set out on an adventure that would make even Lizzie Bennet proud.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers in Pompeii have revealed that a painting initially thought to be a copy, hanging in a local church, is in fact an original work that went missing, by Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna, reports ANSA.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One approach would be to ramp up artificial neural networks to the level of being an exact replica of a human brain.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Mark Rober, who has over 65 million subscribers on YouTube, tested the vehicle's autonomous cameras by driving at a screen with an exact replica of the road behind it, in the style of a Looney Tunes sketch.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The results clearly reproduced a similar pattern to earlier research.
    Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This phenomenon, called multilevel selection, is an extension of natural selection: the process by which organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
    Conner Philson, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ryan pointed to a Model T 100, a reproduction done of the Ford Model T done in 2003 for the 100th anniversary of the company.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Second, how do social groups affect individual survival and reproduction – in other words, what group traits are under selection?
    Conner Philson, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The feeling of the photographer’s vivid images were brought to life by a mix of smoky Port Ellen and sunny Clynelish.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Many people are used to watching entertainment on their cellphones, with vertical images that don’t require turning the phone sideways.
    Schuyler Moore, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But the seven-time world champion was unable to replicate that performance in qualifying as McLaren’s Piastri secured his maiden pole with Hamilton qualifying fifth.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Mentorship, professional development, and spontaneous idea-sharing are harder to replicate in virtual settings.
    Jason Wingard, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The twins’ family contacted CAIR one day after the locker room attack, leading to the nonprofit’s involvement in the situation, Memon said.
    Yash Roy, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The two went on to have five more children: twins Vivian and Griffin, 20, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, 19.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There is no reason to say that the current challenges render AI’s implementation impossible.
    William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That renders every emotional moment (what made the original Lion King so terrific) utterly lifeless.
    Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Clone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clone. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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