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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a separate breed of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a distinct category or type of something, often implying uniqueness or difference from others.
Example: "In the world of technology, innovators are often seen as a separate breed of thinkers who challenge the status quo."
Alternatives: "a different kind of" or "a unique category of".
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The Polled Hereford is a separate breed of cattle originating from hornless mutations in 1901.
"Internet companies are a separate breed of companies and cannot be lumped together with technology companies, and [should] instead be treated as a separate sector," he says.
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They are of a separate breed than the sort of accidental-discharge shooting that seemed to have taken place Friday morning in the Bronx, when an officer fatally shot an employee of a bodega fleeing a robbery in the store.
But with "Esplanade" (Tuesday), it suddenly became impossible to ignore the fact that these dancers belong to a separate breed from the rest of us.
But it wasn't until 1935 that the horse officially was recognized as a separate breed with the formation of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Assn. in nearby Lewisburg.
It was recognized as a separate breed at the beginning of the last century when crosses with Chianina bulls were stopped.
The Dole Trotter is alternately considered a subtype of the Dole Gudbrandsdal and a separate breed; it is also considered a part of the Coldblood trotter type.
The Dole Trotter is alternately considered a subtype of the Dole Gudbrandsdal and a separate breed.
While many types of short grain rice may be lumped together with and called "sticky rice," true glutinous rice is a separate breed, and it all boils down to a component of starch.
It was first recognized as a separate sub-group in the 19th century, but today is considered a separate breed, even though its ancestry is entirely from the Ardennes horses of Belgium and France.
Because of this sort of attitude, whites tend to regard Africans as a separate breed.
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