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
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.
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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
What began as a grassroots open-records request has now branched into a multifront legal battle.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
As cord-cutting began shrinking the pay bundle a decade later, the company branched into FAST channels and streaming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
These species are believed to have branched around 11 million years ago and evolved in isolation due to geographic barriers, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 17, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
But since the machines skyrocketed in popularity in the mid-2010s, air fryer designs have branched away from that original ovular model.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Each decision branched into possibilities, and each possibility led somewhere specific.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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
What began as a grassroots open-records request has now branched into a multifront legal battle.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
As cord-cutting began shrinking the pay bundle a decade later, the company branched into FAST channels and streaming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
These species are believed to have branched around 11 million years ago and evolved in isolation due to geographic barriers, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 17, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
But since the machines skyrocketed in popularity in the mid-2010s, air fryer designs have branched away from that original ovular model.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Each decision branched into possibilities, and each possibility led somewhere specific.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branched
Verb
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The vessel had patrolled during the same years as the Growler but, in 1961, suffered a reactor incident that radiated its crew.—
Robert Sullivan,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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The excitement Moses radiated served as testament to Rhett Lashlee’s assessment of his roster coming together to finish out the season, even after the disappointment of falling short of a return ACC Championship Game appearance.—
Kyle Kensing,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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After booming in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, luxury brands diverged.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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As a result, local madd leaders often supported sets of policy recommendations that diverged—or even conflicted—with the agendas of other chapters.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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They're derived from the largest combination of attitudinal and behavioral data ever assembled for brand analysis.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Issues stemmed all season from Eberflus’ reluctance to run man coverage and send blitzes on a consistent basis.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Jan. 2026
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The power of Roosevelt’s popularity stemmed, ironically, from a raft of contradictions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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