HALF-BREDS Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

half-breds

noun

plural of half-bred

as in crossbreds

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hybrids

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Like every other automaker, Defender and JLR are navigating a commercial environment that seems to prefer all-electric vehicles, or hybrids, or internal combustion engine cars, depending on the month or even day.

— Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
For more than a decade after, human-AI teams ruled the sport until AI alone blew past those hybrids by 2017.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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