as in radiating
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 branching
Episode Four, in particular, shows off the impact of the branching narrative framework, with full sequences playing out very differently in ways that actually inform the gameplay of the shifts.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Unlike the branching corals, which were victims of water that at one point reached hot tub temperatures, pillar coral’s killer was mostly a pernicious and little understood coral disease, story coral tissue loss disease, although extreme heat did claim some.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
This will promote branching and produce a fuller plant.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
And the Guinness family made a mark well outside the brewery, with subsequent generations branching into politics, banking, land development, and more.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Trump has a long history of moving from one tactic to another, like an ape branching between trees.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The follow-up to Obsidian Entertainment’s excellent action RPG The Outer Worlds brings the space-faring adventure to a new setting with a new cast of characters, but with the same emphasis on branching story paths based on how players interact with the game’s NPCs.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Anthropic's Claude has offered conversation branching for over a year, allowing users to switch between branches with navigational arrow buttons.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Unlike the branching corals, which were victims of water that at one point reached hot tub temperatures, pillar coral’s killer was mostly a pernicious and little understood coral disease, story coral tissue loss disease, although extreme heat did claim some.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
This will promote branching and produce a fuller plant.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
And the Guinness family made a mark well outside the brewery, with subsequent generations branching into politics, banking, land development, and more.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Trump has a long history of moving from one tactic to another, like an ape branching between trees.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The follow-up to Obsidian Entertainment’s excellent action RPG The Outer Worlds brings the space-faring adventure to a new setting with a new cast of characters, but with the same emphasis on branching story paths based on how players interact with the game’s NPCs.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Anthropic's Claude has offered conversation branching for over a year, allowing users to switch between branches with navigational arrow buttons.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branching
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The beauty is radiating from the inside out!—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2025
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Do this in the early evening while there's still daylight and the ground is radiating heat.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Consider a night out with friends, and the diverging consequences of buying a round of shots versus opening up Instagram.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Now, among residents aged 15 to 49, those rates are about 5% higher, a pattern that began diverging in the 2000s and has steadily widened.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Branching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branching. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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