as in thoroughbred
of unmixed ancestry
the expansive farm on which blooded Arabian horses are raised
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Recent Examples of blooded
The Blue Devils had Tuesday night off as they get set to begin the league’s Bay Area road trip at Cal and Stanford, allowing the rest of the conference to show the strength that lies beneath the blue-blooded surface.
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Jim Root, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Rapper Lil Tony, once a key figure in the hot-blooded Atlanta drill wave that included 2sdxrt3all and L5, has undergone an unexpected artistic evolution over the past year.
—Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 13 Jan. 2026
But, according to Hall, the rolls burned in a fire, and when the tribe composed them again, Mary Ground was put down as quarter-blooded.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Bessent came up in the cold-blooded world of macro trading, betting big on swings in currencies that are driven by a mixture of economic and political factors.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Jim Root, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Rapper Lil Tony, once a key figure in the hot-blooded Atlanta drill wave that included 2sdxrt3all and L5, has undergone an unexpected artistic evolution over the past year.
—Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 13 Jan. 2026
But, according to Hall, the rolls burned in a fire, and when the tribe composed them again, Mary Ground was put down as quarter-blooded.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Bessent came up in the cold-blooded world of macro trading, betting big on swings in currencies that are driven by a mixture of economic and political factors.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blooded
thoroughbred
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That meant thoroughbred and harness racing have had to share the track, taking turns with each style of racing.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The renovation will make Pimlico the permanent home of Maryland thoroughbred racing and will allow the facility to host more than 100 racing days each year.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blooded. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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