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

One idea is that DAN5 could reflect admixture between classic African Homo erectus and the earlier Homo habilis species.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

“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

They are written in prose, with an element of something like rhythm, and an occasional admixture of rhyme.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various