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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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
Adjective
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Obviously Hoyer felt otherwise, which led to the cold-blooded firing of Ross and the signing of Counsell for a record $40 million over five years.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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But if Kraft really wants to beat Mayor Michelle Wu, he’d get arrested just like other red blooded progressive Democrats are doing.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Nicholl is not a literary critic but a purebred bloodhound, and all the better for it.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Courtesy of Helen Bright Next up is a purebred Chihuahua who beat all the odds stacked against her.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Pure-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pure-blooded. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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