branch out
phrasal verb
branched out; branching out; branches out
: to begin to do more different kinds of activities or work
In the beginning the business was highly specialized, but it has since branched out.
—often + intoThe company specializes in casual clothing but it is branching out into formal wear.
Examples of branch out in a Sentence
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Smile Hair Clinic hopes to provide people complete solutions to improve their whole beauty and well-being by branching out beyond hair transplants.
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Chiara Accardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
In addition to her modeling career and raising her children, Gisele Bündchen has just branched out into cookbook authorship with her first collection of recipes, Nourish: Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body and Feed Your Soul: A Healthy Lifestyle Cookbook.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2024
And he's branched out from acting — besides releasing hip-hop mixtapes and being heavily into gamer culture, Thomas has his own lifestyle/fashion brand called Slick Living.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
In 2020, the company branched out, developing a tool for property insurers by adapting the original AI algorithms to provide the information needed for an accurate insurance quote.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2024
The institution, founded in 1969, smack in the middle of the exhibition timeline, has now branched out into four satellites — Gwacheon, Deoksugung, Cheongju and Seoul, most of them in and around the nation’s capital.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
For those looking to branch out from white, black, or gray sneakers without straying too far from neutrals, consider channeling Gaines’ look by picking up these olive green Reebok sneakers from Amazon.
—Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
Now, with Love Lies Bleeding, O'Brian hopes to branch out from the tough gal roles she's previously played.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
But the group was both courageous and ambitious and began to branch out from Athens toward similar spaces in Savannah, Atlanta, and Nashville.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2024
Chiara Accardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
In addition to her modeling career and raising her children, Gisele Bündchen has just branched out into cookbook authorship with her first collection of recipes, Nourish: Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body and Feed Your Soul: A Healthy Lifestyle Cookbook.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2024
And he's branched out from acting — besides releasing hip-hop mixtapes and being heavily into gamer culture, Thomas has his own lifestyle/fashion brand called Slick Living.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
In 2020, the company branched out, developing a tool for property insurers by adapting the original AI algorithms to provide the information needed for an accurate insurance quote.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2024
The institution, founded in 1969, smack in the middle of the exhibition timeline, has now branched out into four satellites — Gwacheon, Deoksugung, Cheongju and Seoul, most of them in and around the nation’s capital.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
For those looking to branch out from white, black, or gray sneakers without straying too far from neutrals, consider channeling Gaines’ look by picking up these olive green Reebok sneakers from Amazon.
—Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
Now, with Love Lies Bleeding, O'Brian hopes to branch out from the tough gal roles she's previously played.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
But the group was both courageous and ambitious and began to branch out from Athens toward similar spaces in Savannah, Atlanta, and Nashville.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2024
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“Branch out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/branch%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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