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
That same year, Netflix branched into original programming with House of Cards, a political thriller featuring Kevin Spacey.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The Rangers, for example, spun off their events division into REV Entertainment, which presents a horde of events at Globe Life Field and also has branched into other venues, as well.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Under his leadership the firm has branched into an array of new markets including drug development and artificial intelligence data centers.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
The brand also recently branched into socks in December.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
The researchers found that Prototaxites’ tubes branched wildly, whereas the threadlike hyphae in modern fungi follow more orderly patterns.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
The mission branched into collaborations and live-score premieres with composers and filmmakers and composers such as Mica Levi, Nicholas Britell, Barry Jenkins, Terrence Malick, Jane Campion, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Here rose swamps and ponds, enormous dark lakes and silver rivers that branched and ran like strands of mycelium.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
The mission organically branched into working with the world’s best film composers on special-event film screenings with a live score.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The Rangers, for example, spun off their events division into REV Entertainment, which presents a horde of events at Globe Life Field and also has branched into other venues, as well.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Under his leadership the firm has branched into an array of new markets including drug development and artificial intelligence data centers.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
The brand also recently branched into socks in December.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
The researchers found that Prototaxites’ tubes branched wildly, whereas the threadlike hyphae in modern fungi follow more orderly patterns.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
The mission branched into collaborations and live-score premieres with composers and filmmakers and composers such as Mica Levi, Nicholas Britell, Barry Jenkins, Terrence Malick, Jane Campion, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Here rose swamps and ponds, enormous dark lakes and silver rivers that branched and ran like strands of mycelium.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
The mission organically branched into working with the world’s best film composers on special-event film screenings with a live score.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branched
Verb
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Hearts radiated from her headpiece to her hem, with a single heart placed near her pelvis.—
Anika Burgess,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Kidman radiated in a double-breasted suit dress with a completely sheer shredded ballgown skirt.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As my kids became adolescents, our tastes diverged, yet music remained a bond that crossed our generational divide.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Conversation’s politics editor Naomi Schalit interviewed former ambassador Donald Heflin, a veteran diplomat who now teaches at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, to understand how such situations are normally handled – and how the current situation diverged from longstanding practices.—
Donald Heflin,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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If authority is delegated, leaders must be able to trace how outcomes are derived.—
Victoria Bousis,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Tú Nguyen said roughly two-thirds of her office’s budget is derived from grants.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Iran has also stemmed the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, by threatening to attack any passing vessels.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
7 Mar. 2026
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The college senior was denied a waiver last spring, which the Naval Academy has since said stemmed largely from errors its athletics department made in filing its petition.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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