variants
or pure-blood
as in thoroughbred
of unmixed ancestry
both dogs are pure-blooded Chesapeake Bay retrievers
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Recent Examples of pure-blooded
Proving one’s status as a pure-blooded Aryan unlocked access to membership in the Nazi Party, to the military and state apparatus, to a university education.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023
Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pure-blooded
Adjective
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Ruidoso lives on, fierce as the thoroughbred breaking from its gate: scarred already, but running anyway.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Kentucky, the largest thoroughbred auction in the world, grossed a record $531.7 million this year, handily beating last year’s $427.9 million.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The sound effects team hasn't entirely neglected the franchise's acid-blooded poster boys, either.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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One of the best is that Bishop, the gentle but highly capable droid played by Lance Henriksen, turns out to be the white-blooded equivalent of True Blue.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The results revealed that 22.3 percent of purebred dogs and 20.7 percent of mixed-breed dogs were free of medical conditions—a statistically significant finding suggesting that purebreds aren’t necessarily more prone to illness.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Toklas claimed that Basket, their white poodle, received special rations, thanks to the regime’s allowance for purebred dogs.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Pure-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pure-blooded. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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