branching (out)

verb

present participle of branch (out)
as in parting
to go or move in different directions from a central point the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for branching (out)
  1. parting
  2. separating
  3. diverging
  4. dividing
  5. retreating
Verb
  • But every dish gets a twist, or a zing, or a moment of cloud-parting clarity.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • The sympathy Reese garnered translated online to further resentment for Clark among Reese's supporters, as Reese's parting image as a college basketball player was that of a teary-eyed victim.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of parting
Verb
  • With less than a point separating the top five competitors, the all-around race quickly heated up.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The two spacecraft rode to Mars together, with the lander separating from the orbiter ahead of its landing on the Red Planet.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of separating
Verb
  • Mike Blake | Tom Little | Reuters The diverging paths of two GLP-1 drugmakers were on full display this week.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Samsung and Meta’s contrasting results highlighted the diverging fortunes of the companies supplying — and paying for — the AI buildout.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of diverging
Verb
  • The bill would create a federal rulebook for issuing, trading and holding digital assets, dividing oversight between the SEC and CFTC, Bambysheva writes.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Surveillance video recovered by police showed the two men fighting in an alley and then Britt retreating from Fitzsimmons, according to the charging document.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of retreating
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“Branching (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branching%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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