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Adjective
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Ramping up the coral production line While newly crossbred corals were recently outplanted and are now being monitored to evaluate which combination should go into production, researchers are racing to get the assembly line ready to scale output.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025 -
The effort Tuesday was the first time internationally crossbred coral have been permitted to be outplanted anywhere in the world.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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No army in history seemed ever to have been more ragged and motley and mongrel and polyglot than the Continental, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, from boys to old men, skilled and unskilled, born all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, believing in different gods and in no god.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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The launch comes as automakers look to extend electric-only operation in hybrids without moving fully to battery electric vehicles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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While mostly a box safety with specialties playing the run and covering a large pass range, Downs has flexibility to play at the nickel spot or as a rover linebacker/safety hybrid.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2026
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Better yet, thanks to their neutral palette, each piece can be easily mixed and matched with the rest of my closet.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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That appears to be behind the CIA's mixed assessment of its stability.—
Margaret Brennan,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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After the unlikely duo cross paths in college — while sharing a car ride home to their small hometown of Linfield, Ohio — Poppy goes on to fulfill her dreams of working for a travel magazine in New York City, while Alex returns to his Ohio roots and begins teaching at Poppy's alma mater.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Calamondin oranges, a cross between a kumquat and mandarin, taste tart like lemons and limes and make a great substitute for them.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, intentional crossbreeds—often marketed as designer dogs such as cockapoos, maltipoos, and doodles—have surged in popularity.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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These crossbreeds may keep hope alive And while naturally conceived elkhorn and staghorn coral may soon be a thing of the past in Florida, reef restoration groups will keep breeding and replanting them.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Half-bred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-bred. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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