as in pedigree
of unmixed ancestry
that horse is a purebred Arabian
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Recent Examples of purebred
Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
All the Hamrick brothers are handsome, though in slightly different ways, like dogs born in different litters to the same purebred parents.
—David Sedaris, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
While Finnegan does not immediately jump the Phillies into purebred title contenders, his presence in the back end of the bullpen could settle the group and bring them close to the major league average.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
But [Amy and Dan’s] affection for people — for ballet — comes from a purebred heart.
—Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
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In 2019, Marky’s became the only company in the U.S. to receive a federal exemption to sell purebred beluga caviar, mostly because its owners had brought over the fish pre-ban.
—Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
All the Hamrick brothers are handsome, though in slightly different ways, like dogs born in different litters to the same purebred parents.
—David Sedaris, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
While Finnegan does not immediately jump the Phillies into purebred title contenders, his presence in the back end of the bullpen could settle the group and bring them close to the major league average.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
But [Amy and Dan’s] affection for people — for ballet — comes from a purebred heart.
—Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purebred
thoroughbred
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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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“Purebred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purebred. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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