admixture

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Mr. Sayles notes that the U.S. is often quaintly likened to a melting pot; the reality of the country’s boiling admixture is much more dangerous and much more powerful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Such a genetic signature was detected thanks to a new approach that disentangles 40,000 years of admixture and other confounding events.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

“These papers illustrate how the intricate interplay between ancient selection and admixture events has profoundly shaped … present-day Eurasians.”

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

I think I am ... as all of us are, a complex of motives, and everything we do is an admixture of many thoughts and premises oftentimes we don’t even understand.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Of all colours yellows suffer most by admixture with other colours: but this is accounted for by their delicacy and purity.

From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Dresser, Christopher