as in hybrid
being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera
a mongrel dog
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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
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
In the study, a team from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria used nine timber wolves and eight mongrel or mutt dogs living at the Wolf Science Center in Ernstbrunn, Austria.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
Koume, a 5-year-old mongrel, was handed an official letter of appreciation by local fire officials at a special ceremony last month for her valiant work at a horse riding club in Wakaba-ku, Chiba City.
—Junko Ogura, CNN, 9 May 2023
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Noun
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
In the study, a team from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria used nine timber wolves and eight mongrel or mutt dogs living at the Wolf Science Center in Ernstbrunn, Austria.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
Koume, a 5-year-old mongrel, was handed an official letter of appreciation by local fire officials at a special ceremony last month for her valiant work at a horse riding club in Wakaba-ku, Chiba City.
—Junko Ogura, CNN, 9 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mongrel
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The numbers themselves are surprisingly difficult to correlate, as some studies count only fully-remote workers, others track the jobs themselves, and others include hybrid positions.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
28 June 2025
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Yang said the hybrid ants have become the explorers and front guard for the fire ant invasion into colder and more northerly areas, becoming the dominant fire ant species in the upper elevations of Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.—
Gareth McGrath,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Jeff Rueter: The opening weekend gave a mixed first impression, with some stale atmospheres and Bayern’s 10-0 pasting of poor Auckland City giving little reason for neutrals to buy into the tournament.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Given the affordable housing crisis, Vienna’s social housing model has been given enormous media exposure and has been studied by numerous advocacy groups with mixed views.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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“Mongrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mongrel. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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