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noun

as in cross
an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera mongrels often suffer fewer health problems than purebreds

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Recent Examples of mongrel
Noun
To continue playing the songs without that mongrel soul is just cash register stuff. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024 And though not all 10 shows (and various bonuses) on my mostly chronological list below fit that mongrel category, even the gravest of them seem to have gotten the memo that theater should not be a bore or a drag. Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023 There is also a peculiar effect whereby different books read by the same narrator can seem to agglutinate into a single mongrel super-book. Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023 Dewey works best letting the excitement of Wolfe’s career rise speak for itself — his daring reportage should shame this era’s media mongrels. Armond White, National Review, 22 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for mongrel
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Adjective
  • The Toyota plant in Kentucky makes the popular RAV4 Hybrid, the Camry, which went exclusively hybrid with the 2025 model year, and the luxury Lexus ES 350 and 300h.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Automated wing deployment takes only about three minutes, and its hybrid propulsion design means owners can use either premium autogas or aviation fuel.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The election will fill 210 parliamentary seats under a mixed system in which two-thirds of lawmakers are elected by local bodies and one-third appointed directly by the president.
    Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The move has garnered mixed reactions on social media.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Mongrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mongrel. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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