variants
or pedigree
as in thoroughbred
of unmixed ancestry
a pedigreed puppy is expensive
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Recent Examples of pedigreed
Unlike the Westminster Dog Show, the Miramar Best in Show is open to all dogs, not just pedigree breeds.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
And though Stewart has been a Cannes mainstay for nearly a decade, the film was well-reviewed, and Stewart’s star power is as strong as ever, even movies with that pedigree manage to sit on the shelf.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
That was about respectability and good character and pedigree, high culture and social belonging.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
To close the gap and recruit IT professionals, companies should look for potential, not just pedigree.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The true object of Bull’s desire, however, is statuesque pedigree show dog Honey, voiced by Kathryn Hahn.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Kelli Bender, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
And though Stewart has been a Cannes mainstay for nearly a decade, the film was well-reviewed, and Stewart’s star power is as strong as ever, even movies with that pedigree manage to sit on the shelf.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
That was about respectability and good character and pedigree, high culture and social belonging.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
To close the gap and recruit IT professionals, companies should look for potential, not just pedigree.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The true object of Bull’s desire, however, is statuesque pedigree show dog Honey, voiced by Kathryn Hahn.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigreed
thoroughbred
Adjective
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Rapace’s kit — with that long thoroughbred stride somehow made greater by the black grosgrain stripes, the velocity of it all filling that billow in the cape — cut a blistering path down the Bugonia carpet.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Fasig-Tipton Digital will handle the major reduction of Harris Farms, the thoroughbred operation of the late California breeder and owner John C. Harris, from Aug. 14-19.—
Bill Center,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Pedigreed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigreed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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