hive off
verb
hived off; hiving off; hives off
chiefly British
: to break away from or as if from a group : become separate
chiefly British
: to make separate: such as
a
: to remove from a group
hive off the rookies for special training
b
: to assign (assets, responsibilities, etc.) to another
c
: spin off
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Zhang’s current status emerged after TikTok filed a lawsuit against legislation requiring ByteDance to hive off its most successful global invention.
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Zheping Huang, Fortune Asia, 8 May 2024
Chinese attempts to hive off Asia, the world’s largest, most dynamic economic region, would deal a devastating blow to U.S. economic interests.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
At the end of that fighting, in 1921, Ireland secured independence, but its northeasternmost provinces were hived off into the separate territory of Northern Ireland, tying the then-majority-Protestant population to London.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024
If overthrowing oligarchy required racial equality in the economy, the oligarchs could best maintain their position by hiving off civil rights from economic issues.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
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Zheping Huang, Fortune Asia, 8 May 2024
Chinese attempts to hive off Asia, the world’s largest, most dynamic economic region, would deal a devastating blow to U.S. economic interests.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
At the end of that fighting, in 1921, Ireland secured independence, but its northeasternmost provinces were hived off into the separate territory of Northern Ireland, tying the then-majority-Protestant population to London.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024
If overthrowing oligarchy required racial equality in the economy, the oligarchs could best maintain their position by hiving off civil rights from economic issues.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
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