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as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
opened a shop selling fancy foods as an offshoot of their very successful restaurant
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Recent Examples of offshoot
Assad was from the Alawite community, an offshoot of Shia Islam.
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Now, the global fashion brand is launching a new offshoot—a premium brand called Arrange, which is available on the ASOS website as of today.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The Druze villagers, members of a religious offshoot of Islam that comprises about 3% of Syria’s population, have grave cause for concern.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
The firm, founded in 2020, has expanded its operations, launching offshoots in the U.S. and Japan.
—Liang Lei, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Now, the global fashion brand is launching a new offshoot—a premium brand called Arrange, which is available on the ASOS website as of today.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The Druze villagers, members of a religious offshoot of Islam that comprises about 3% of Syria’s population, have grave cause for concern.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
The firm, founded in 2020, has expanded its operations, launching offshoots in the U.S. and Japan.
—Liang Lei, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offshoot
Noun
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The foundation partners exclusively with Hanger Clinic, a national provider of prosthetics and orthotic care, to assist children with upper body limb loss.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Starting as a bump underneath the bark of a limb, each fig has its flowers and pollen on the inside.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For well over four centuries it has been distilled from sugarcane juice and/or its derivatives.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Wolfsbane is part of a larger suite of banes; compounds and derivatives include ratsbane, fleabane, and cow-bane, each name signaling a different poison.—
Laura Murphy,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Feb. 2025
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Next there was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an outgrowth of the 2008 financial collapse and a long standing target of the financial services industry.—
Claudia Weicker,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her compassion and forgiveness and understanding are an outgrowth of her love for him as a friend and probably her closest friend.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
6 Feb. 2025
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The chances are that language switching isn’t necessarily active for the chain-of-thought derivations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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But just keep in mind that is the derivation of the three-point shot.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
30 Oct. 2024
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Food recalls issued in February include some tahini sesame paste, alfalfa sprouts, canned tuna, bamboo shoots, beef tallow and other products.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Watermelon extract and lentil extract are chock full of plant peptides to smooth texture and fine lines, while Swiss garden cress sprout extract minimizes the appearance of pores and hydrates.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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The weed contains two psoralen derivates that can darken sick upon exposure to UV light.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Regional powerhouse Sao Paulo City and State and Rio de Janeiro offer rebate for shoots’ expenditure in their territories.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
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Wanting them to be powerful, timeless, and a nod to Moore’s 2000s Vogue cover shoot, Giannetos curled her strands on a medium setting (at 365 degrees, to be exact).—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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This division between true crime fan factions may also reflect something of the exponential growth of the true crime community, which had long been a grassroots movement until Serial exploded on the podcasting scene in 2014.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
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This visit is not comparable to removing benign skin growths.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Offshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offshoot. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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