CLONED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

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 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 In 2014, a hacker claimed to have cloned a fingerprint of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, then Germany’s defence minister, using close-up photos taken at a press event. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 29 June 2026 Popolis said it was cloned from the first of the witness lindens to come down in 1993, with help from the Morton Arboretum. — Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 This is why fruit crops are almost always propagated vegetatively, or cloned, rather than grown from seed. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026

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The art establishment often drew on, if not directly copied, Kusama’s work.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Much of the content generated promoted an organization called the International Burke Institute (IBI), the website of which features articles copied from real academic writing, sometimes with false attribution.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of copied

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However, another email reproduced in the filing states that after about a week, Sotheby’s removed the photograph from its website at the request of the artist’s representative.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.

— David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduced

Verb

Many parents believe travel provides educational experiences that cannot be replicated in a classroom.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
In doing so, NYCG can create a paradigm-shifting model, providing a blueprint for how FAM could be embedded within future grocery stores and replicated nationwide.

— Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of replicated

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Written and rendered by dudes who longed for unlimited success, these are songs about cheating and being cheated on and trying but failing to be content, or love as lived amid capitalist indulgence.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Hopkins said modern safety design wraps uranium fuel pellets in multiple layers of heavy-duty ceramics and graphite casing, and they’re rendered inert when separated.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rendered

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That Robert Zemeckis film will never be duplicated or topped, but there’s a difference between these films worth teasing out.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
The two studio lots also boast dozens of soundstages; century-old fortresses that would not be easily duplicated.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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