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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

Example Sentences

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Others are already cloning their voices and handing over their podcasts to AI bots.

From Los Angeles Times

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

It also opened a Pandora's Box of controversial scientific and ethical issues - including human cloning, designer babies and "Frankenstein foods".

From BBC

“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

It's a way of cloning plants, with desirable traits and eliminating disease.

From BBC