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

Further archaeogenetic studies in collaboration with local scholars, as well as novel admixture modelling and dating techniques, will illuminate the developing patterns better and enable direct connections to archaeological findings and hypotheses.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 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

And to the end, in spite of his cosmic outlook, there remains this strong admixture of the British Philistine, giving a touch almost of banality to some of his sayings and doings.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)