as in to part
to go or move in different directions from a central point
the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis
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Her hair, cut slightly above her shoulders in a bob cut, was parted to one side.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
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Morgan Pope won part one of the Final HOH competition, sending her straight to part three.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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These are the cases that break models in deployment—and the cases that separate an adequate system from a production-ready one.—
Brian Moore,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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With parishioners running to hide or get out of the building, Carter and Max were pushed up against a glass window separating the chapel from the foyer, which led to an exit.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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As the years went on, their paths diverged financially.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The team pieced together what’s known as a phylogenetic tree showing how different human species may have diverged from one another over the past 1 million years.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Branch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branch%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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