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Synonyms & Antonyms for clone
Synonyms: Noun
carbon, carbon copy, copy, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, mock, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction
Synonyms: Verb
copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, reduplicate, render, replicate, reproduce
Antonyms: Noun
archetype, original, prototype
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of clone in a Sentence
Noun
the clone of an adult female sheep the car is a clone under a different brand name—it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousinVerb
Do you think scientists should clone humans? a plant produced by cloning
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The film from Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Skydance and Paramount stars Will Smith as Henry, an elite assassin who is pursued by a younger clone of himself. — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, "Will Smith, Ang Lee Reveal Digital Aging Secrets While Teasing New 'Gemini Man' Footage," 23 July 2019 Yet while Kabengele shares some of Mutombo’s genes, his game isn’t a clone. — Andrew Greif, latimes.com, "Mfiondu Kabengele and fellow Clippers rookies get ready for summer league," 2 July 2019 The company does not tie the set to a particular theme park, but images indicate isn’t not a shrunken version clone of the railroad station at the entrance of Magic Kingdom theme park. — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, "Disney train station getting the Lego treatment," 12 Aug. 2019 The Clemson sideline was full of future Dabo Swinneys as the program is stocked with undersized clones of the boss. — Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, "Undersized players like Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney now dominate as coaches. What fuels that rise?," 5 Aug. 2019 Good news for growers as well Experts insist that the superior quality of clones would also be beneficial for growers. — Gurvinder Singh, Quartz India, "Science is rekindling the aroma that Darjeeling tea lost to climate change," 9 Aug. 2019 In an exclusive clip narrated by the Emmy-winning actress, fans are introduced to an unaware clone named Vivi Valdez. — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, "Listen to Tatiana Maslany introduce a new clone in Orphan Black: The Next Chapter clip," 6 Aug. 2019 Donovan was kind of dismissed as a hopelessly helpless hippie at points in his career, a Dylan clone at other parts. — Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, "My Vinyl Countdown gets a sweet tooth looking at the No. 1 song in 1969," 4 Aug. 2019 Opt for a flight ($25-$40) focused on the Wente chardonnay clone, small lot red wines or winemaker Karl Wente’s Nth degree label. — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, "First Look: Inside Wente Vineyards’ new Livermore winery restaurant," 24 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
At a nearby lab bench, Anthony Kushta, an intern and aspiring cardiologist, monitored the livelihood of cells that eventually will be harvested and cloned to mimic the outer surface of the HIV virus. — Alison Kuznitz, BostonGlobe.com, "Science in their DNA: Internship at Harvard affiliate inspires high school students," 21 Aug. 2019 Tech companies have accused Bytedance of cloning American innovations. — Yoko Kubota, WSJ, "TikTok’s Videos Are Goofy. Its Strategy to Dominate Social Media Is Serious.," 29 June 2019 And so, at the beginning, their actions were to delay: Mark sending his emails, designing his models, imagining having Kelly cloned. — Kent Babb / Washington Post, Twin Cities, "MN native and olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin could do it all — until it all became too much," 29 July 2019 Early on, cartel members cloned other people’s phone numbers to make calls. — Nicole Hong, WSJ, "What El Chapo’s Trial Revealed: The Inner Workings of a $14 Billion Drug Empire," 12 Feb. 2019 Scientists could now clone cells with and without particular ion channels and see what happened. — Sally Adee, Quartz, "Our bodies are full of electricity that could help us fight cancer," 30 May 2019 But a group of geneticists from Harvard are hoping to change this by cloning living elephant cells that contain a small component of synthesised mammoth DNA. — Paul Mann, Smithsonian, "Can Bringing Back Mammoths Help Stop Climate Change?," 14 May 2018 These creatures reproduce asexually, making a copy of their singular chromosome and essentially cloning themselves. — Jon Kelvey, Smithsonian, "The Evolution of Sex Could Have Provided a Defense Against Cancer Cells," 11 June 2019 When a coral is damaged by a storm, a piece of a colony might break off, tumble away, and eventually reattach to the bottom and continue to grow by cloning itself. — Rebecca Albright, Scientific American, "Scientists Are Taking Extreme Steps to Help Corals Survive," 1 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clone.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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