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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Aina’s long blond hair was curled and parted to the side of her head.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025 -
Read the full Pisces Daily Horoscope Aries (March 21 - April 19) Clouds of confusion parting?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Venice is made up of 118 islands separated by canals and connected by more than 400 bridges.—
Shayla Martin,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2025
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The twin prime conjecture states that there are infinitely many twin primes—prime numbers that are separated by a value of two.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
16 June 2025
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For my generation, Gen Z, reaching such a milestone is hard to fathom, in large part because of the diverging politics of young men and women.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
12 June 2025
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The spread between inventory costs and inventory levels is the highest its been since the pandemic The metrics typically track together but diverged in the first months of 2025 as importers rushed to get goods into the U.S. ahead of tariffs.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Americans were also divided over what their separation means for the country, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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“Branch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branch%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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