hybrids

plural of hybrid
as in crosses
an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera a tangelo is a hybrid of the tangerine and the grapefruit

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Recent Examples of hybrids The Happy Meal includes 15 toys that are hybrids between SpongeBob and One Piece characters, including SpongeBob as Luffy, Patrick as Zoro and Sandy as Nami. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 Data from medicine and other fields including chess suggest that once autonomous AI beats unaided humans, autonomous AI shortly thereafter consistently beats human-AI hybrids. — Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026 Most people do not regularly recharge their plug-in hybrids, though, leaving them with a heavy battery to lug around adding nothing to propulsion, increasing emissions. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026 There’s no point collecting the seeds since mums sold at the store are usually hybrids and won’t produce the same plant when grown from seed. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026 Electric sedans with four-figure horsepower figures, plug-in hybrids that can supposedly travel farther than some diesel trucks, and enough screens inside a cabin to make an electronics store nervous. — New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026 Its collection ranges from the Miura and Countach to contemporary hybrids, while VIP tours take visitors onto the production lines. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 There are seemingly countless takes on the ubiquitous shoe, from classic round-toe and Mary Jane silhouettes to mesh slippers and ugly-on-purpose sneakerina hybrids. — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026 Thus, the formulas has certainly helped set the standard for skincare-makeup hybrids; and the same can be said for its Orgasm blush—a matte, peachy-pink pigment that has been a bestseller for more than 25 years since its 1999 debut. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
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crossbreeds
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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
  • 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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“Hybrids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hybrids. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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