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  • present participle of clone.
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cloning

American  
[kloh-ning] / ˈkloʊ nɪŋ /

noun

Biology.
  1. the process of producing a clone.


Etymology

Origin of cloning

First recorded in 1955–60; clone + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

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Despite riding and competing on a clone, Krajewski said she wouldn’t consider cloning her Olympic gold-medal-winning mare, Amande de B’Neville.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Now cloning is becoming more popular in other disciplines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Simple internet searches can surface a wide array of voice cloning apps, many available for free, that create realistic AI replicas using small samples -- sometimes only seconds -- of a person's real voice.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

While there are no official figures for car cloning across the whole of the UK, motoring organisation RAC believe "it's increasingly widespread".

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

The room buzzed with excitement as everyone talked about cell cloning and hybrids, mapping human genes, and using cultures to cure cancer.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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