as in copying
to make an exact likeness of
will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market
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Recent Examples of cloning
Officials said Rodriguez-Leon was seen on surveillance footage in multiple stores taking gift cards, cloning the numbers and returning cards on the shelves.
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Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
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What sets Fay apart, too, is the harmonious amalgamation of characteristically Italian design with the sensibility of New England—and its earnest commitment not to appropriating or copying a certain aesthetic, but to embracing it authentically and blending it perfectly with Fay’s own design values.Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
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Over time, the tradition gained cultural significance, and many started copying it in the hopes of a prosperous year ahead.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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This means that the color rendering under a light source should be as natural as possible compared to daylight.Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
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Some celebrities have been accused of operating pump-and-dump schemes with their coins, using their social media following to artificially inflate the value of these coins before cashing in their large holdings and rendering the coins worthless.Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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The team attached seven commercially available strain gauges to a flexible wing structure replicating hummingbird wings.Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2024
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Inspired by the challenge of replicating human-like precision in physical tasks, the team embarked on a journey to build a basketball-playing robot.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Cloning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloning. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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