as in hybrid
an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera that pink rose is an intercross of red and white roses

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Noun
  • The same grass/plastic hybrid, but this time grown at a turf farm 200 miles north of London and then rolled into 720 pieces of pitch, loaded onto lorries and driven south.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In New York, there are 172,000 electric vehicles and 114,000 hybrids on the road, according to data from Atlas Public Policy.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • Other architectural details reveal the building’s history, from the cross above Rumi Bar’s entrance from its time as a church to the remarkable archaeological discoveries made on-site, including ancient mummies.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Julian Alvarez jumped to block a cross that never came and Trossard was free to shoot with his left foot — it was deflected in off Manuel Akanji.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Intercross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercross. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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