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noun

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Adjective
  • The study also found that the breed of dog matters, as purebred dogs lived approximately eight months longer than crossbred dogs with two or more breeds.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • This type of crossbred dairy cow can produce 25,000 pounds of milk, and when her milking days are over, she can be slaughtered for premium beef because of body characteristics that make her meat uniform and desirable for eating.
    Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.
    ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Herzog has chosen to retain one of Ibsen’s thorniest speeches, a diatribe about social evolution in which Stockmann talks of the difference between mongrel dogs and pedigree breeds as an analogy for the uneducated masses and the elite intelligentsia.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Anderson is credited with being the first to utilize the man-zone defensive hybrid.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • This shared success and positive environment helps significantly with common feelings of being alone and isolated, especially in this new normal of remote/hybrid work environments and cultures.
    Mark Cunningham, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite optimism from the companies involved, as CNN reports, past presidential investment announcements have yielded mixed results.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Social media reacted with mixed commentary about the sensitive topic of colorism.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Thilo Kehrer, who rises above Mings, meets the resulting cross emphatically.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In the center of the back of the coin, a large cross was meant to symbolize imperial power, establishing Otto III’s Christianity and blending it with the power of the empire, according to historians.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Dani was a 30-year-old Clydesdale/Hackney crossbreed who'd been at Maymont since 2004.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Golden doodles, a crossbreed between golden retrievers and poodles, are known for their affectionate and sociable nature.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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