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noun

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Adjective
  • 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
Noun
  • The embrace of mongrel style is a recognition of the fact that nothing is pure.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The plug-in hybrid now offers an electric-only range of about 80 miles, while overall efficiency improves to the equivalent of 84 miles per gallon once the battery is depleted.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The doc/fiction hybrid that cleaned up at March’s Málaga Mafiz Works in Progress, winning prizes from Cine y Tele, Yagán, REC Festival and Sideral, which now handles international rights.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • City code allows for retail cannabis operations within the city’s commercial, agricultural, business and mixed-use districts, but an interim-use permit must be obtained for zoning compliance, Chaika said.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Overmixing Biscuit dough should be gently mixed and folded to keep the layers light and fluffy.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Javier Mascherano’s side took firm control in the 62nd minute when Messi, hovering deep, fed overlapping fullback Ian Fray down the right, and the Jamaican international’s cross was perfectly headed home by Tadeo Allende.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Once the threat level jumps to Defcon 1, so does the movie, and the cross-cutting between various parties issuing emergency orders and assessing the situation in terse acronym-heavy jargon begins in earnest.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Originally bred as a guide dog in the 1960s, the standard goldendoodle—a crossbreed of a golden retriever and poodle—weighs an average of 50 to 90 pounds.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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