as in radiated
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point
threads branched from the center of the spider web
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Recent Examples of branched
Each decision branched into possibilities, and each possibility led somewhere specific.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The scandal has branched to other, non-religious corners of music.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Aug. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The scandal has branched to other, non-religious corners of music.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branched
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Everyone on stage radiated good vibes and, in the case of Ja Rule and Nelly, performed their hits one after the other, giving it the feel of a particularly jumping DJ set.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
31 Aug. 2025
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Her charisma radiated throughout the night, keeping the audience engaged not just with her music but with her magnetic personality.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The theory diverged from the dominant, century-long view that evolution adhered to a slow, steady pace of Darwinian gradualism, in which species incrementally and almost imperceptibly developed into new ones.—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
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Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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The effect is far more visceral and connected to nature than a depiction of a typical landscape derived from observation, memory, or dreams.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The investor approximated that around 80% of Oracle’s revenues are derived from its AI cloud infrastructure business.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the first quarter of fiscal 2025-26, Burberry successfully stemmed the double-digit sales declines of the previous year and outstripped growth expectations.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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The frustrations stemmed, in part, from how future Cubs manager Craig Counsell seemed to do more with less while running the 2018 Brewers.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Branched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branched. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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