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Recent Examples of outcross
What if chimeras escape and outcross in the wild?
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Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcross
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It was developed at North Carolina State University as a rare hybrid of two native southern tree species, Franklinia and Gordonia.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
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Seating up to eight passengers and powered by either a gas or hybrid engine, the Palisade looks like a luxury SUV.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Caiman Cody, a 13-year-old from Tolar, Texas, was awarded the grand championship title on Friday after spending the past year caring for the white European crossbreed steer.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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One of the latter is a giant man-eating, glitter-pissing cat-centaur crossbreed, but don’t even ask.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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No army in history seemed ever to have been more ragged and motley and mongrel and polyglot than the Continental, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, from boys to old men, skilled and unskilled, born all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, believing in different gods and in no god.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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Robert Taylor provided the cross to set up the 2-1 lead.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klaebo skis on his way to cross the finish line to win gold ahead in the men's cross country 50km mass start final event of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Outcross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcross. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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