- present participle of clone.
cloning
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Vocabulary lists containing cloning
Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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Buenos Aires-based Kheiron Biotech, an equine cloning company, produced around 400 cloned horses during the season that ended in February, mostly of various polo ponies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The FBI said in April that Americans lost over $893 million last year to AI-enabled hoaxes, including voice cloning scams.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Dennhardt said restoring the island will also involve ripping out invasive plants, cloning rare plant species and seeding the landscape with natives.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 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
“But if they cloning her cells, does that mean someday they could clone my mother?”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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