variants
or pure-blood
as in thoroughbred
of unmixed ancestry
both dogs are pure-blooded Chesapeake Bay retrievers
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Recent Examples of pure-blooded
Proving one’s status as a pure-blooded Aryan unlocked access to membership in the Nazi Party, to the military and state apparatus, to a university education.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023
Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pure-blooded
Adjective
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Once under state ownership, Laurel Park would be reconstructed to serve as a thoroughbred training facility.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Amid heavy opposition from the horse-breeding industry, a Florida House panel Wednesday backed a proposal to eliminate a requirement that the state’s two remaining thoroughbred tracks hold races to be able to offer other types of gambling.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Blue Devils had Tuesday night off as they get set to begin the league’s Bay Area road trip at Cal and Stanford, allowing the rest of the conference to show the strength that lies beneath the blue-blooded surface.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Rapper Lil Tony, once a key figure in the hot-blooded Atlanta drill wave that included 2sdxrt3all and L5, has undergone an unexpected artistic evolution over the past year.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
13 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pure-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pure-blooded. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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