Sample Sentences for
clone
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(editor-reviewed)

clone as in:  Can we clone it?

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In 1997, Dolly the sheep was the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell.
cloned = technologically made as a genetically identical copy
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    The best drug-sniffing dog was cloned.
    cloned = technologically copied so that the equivalent of younger identical twins were created
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    If we could clone Bella, we could grow an incredibly successful company.
    clone = copy (said whimsically in a manner not to be taken as a proposal to make copies)
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    They have managed to clone extinct animals from the past.  (source)
    clone = make genetically identical copies with technology
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    Because Ringer is so sweet, we decided to clone a hundred of her.  (source)
    clone = copy
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    If you believe the stories, he continued, they possessed the power of flight, they had vessels that could cross the oceans, they could control the weather and had even perfected what we would call cloning.†  (source)
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    My arm and fist quivered with the anticipation of smashing his vat-cloned face.†  (source)
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    And you don't lie and clone people behind their backs.  (source)
    clone = make genetically identical copies with technology
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    Now they got stuff about cloning my mother all over.  (source)
    cloning = using technology to make genetically identical copies of an organism
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    She had cloned Rosa Hubermann's unfortunate, waddlesome walking style, but the rest of her was much milder.†  (source)
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    Or might the soul clone itself, create a perfect imitation of something yet to be defined?  (source)
    clone = copy
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    But if they cloning her cells, does that mean someday they could clone my mother?  (source)
    cloning = using technology to make genetically identical copies of an organism
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    The defense asserts that the Workshop has cloned the real Max McDaniels.†  (source)
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    If it were possible to clone fifty more Gregs, there is no doubt in my mind Islamic terrorism would quickly become a thing of the past.  (source)
    clone = copy
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clone as in:  It is a clone.

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Dolly the sheep was the first successful mammal clone.
clone = genetically identical copy created with technology
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    To understand differences that could be expected in human clones, it is useful to look at identical twins.
    clones = genetically identical copies (like identical twins created with technology)
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    It's an iPhone clone.
    clone = a copy (not the real thing, but something that is supposed to work just like it)
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    I type these journal entries, and my homework assignments, on the little PC clone up in my bedroom.  (source)
    clone = copy
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    This town is chockablock with restaurants that are just clones of the same old themes.  (source)
    clones = copies
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    But I was not a clone of my father.  (source)
    clone = copy
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    "Are they clones?" asked Miss Boon, squinting at them.  (source)
    clones = copies
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    My seventh I was a clone trooper.  (source)
    clone = copy
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    The janitors had transformed themselves into Luigi clones.  (source)
    clones = copies
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    I'm his evil clone.  (source)
    clone = copy
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    As Clones we decided to room together off campus.  (source)
    Clones = copies
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    Were the Stormtroopers or clone army or robot walkers next?  (source)
    clone = copy
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    On Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Tommy was a lead technical director.  (source)
    Clones = copies
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    Davis and Daisy were chatting back and forth about the dehumanization of Clone troopers, and Mychal jumped in to explain that Daisy was actually kind of a famous writer of Star Wars fan fiction.  (source)
    Clone = a copy of an organism with identical genetics created through technology
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