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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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The developer has issued a copyright takedown request in a bid to prevent competitors from cloning the coding tool’s features.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In 1978, Habener set up his own lab at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, looking to capitalize on a new technology for cloning genes by studying pancreatic and other hormones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

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

“Instead of what happens in cloning where a baby grows, Victor literally did make a baby, just a big one,” says Hill.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

To understand why cellular cloning was important, you need to know two things: First, HeLa didn’t grow from one of Henrietta’s cells.

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

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