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Recent Examples of outcross
What if chimeras escape and outcross in the wild?
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Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcross
Noun
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Modern hybrids feature the best of both worlds, with better pest and disease resistance, high production and really good flavor.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Here are three of the top-mileage 2025 hybrids available, and my recent impressions. 2025 Toyota Prius (Up to 57 MPG Combined) Fuel Economy: The 2025 Toyota Prius achieves EPA ratings of up to 57 mpg in the city and 56 mpg on the highway for the front-wheel-drive LE trim.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Zoom in: High school junior Jett Hale, from Miami, Texas, fetched the reserve record with his steer, Mike, a stunning charolais crossbreed.—
Jay R. Jordan,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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By selecting various friends in her wanderings, Sophie’s mom had spawned not just one sort of crossbreed, but several in that same litter.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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So goes a single day with Doctor Odyssey, a cross between The Love Boat and ER filtered through the lunatic mind of Ryan Murphy and the nuttiest, most delightful new series in a minute.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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Trip #4 Goblin + Elf cross (2 minutes) with Chest #4 Goblin can’t make a third trip, so Elf + Satyr must return for the final chest (3 minutes) 5 minutes + 22 minutes = 27 minutes — Troll, Dwarf and Goblin, plus 4 chests are on the far side.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Outcross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcross. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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