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branchlets

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plural of branchlet

as in limbs

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This is caused by linkages when digital systems (software, network connections, and AI models) interface directly with physical machinery (actuators, robotic limbs, vehicles, and factory valves).

— Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Basketball is probably the easiest, just because players are always jumping and fighting, all the limbs are moving around, and there tends to be a lot of image variety.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

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For Mehrabian and Cyril Bitar, the founder of the long-running Minimal Effort party, the chance came when Lot 613’s owners approached them about building out a full club and concert venue in the space once used for one-off shows and film shoots.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Snip any side shoots and suckers that develop on the first 2 to 3 feet of the vine so the plant will focus its energy on a strong main vine and fruit, to grow more quickly.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 July 2026

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One exhibit brings together the then-future president’s buckskin jacket and pants, his rifle, Tiffany knife, his spurs, and his branding irons.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
But aside from gifting Zane with spurs, Beth’s more or less a spectator through all of the Jackson family drama.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2026

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As a result, face-to-face interactions at bank branches are increasingly impractical.

— Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Much of the social scene centered around protesting, with friends gathering on weekends to march or blockade or occupy the upper branches of a tree in the name of whatever cause seemed most urgent.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of branches

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Both vehicles are offshoots from the nation’s Long March 10, a gargantuan rocket that is being developed to send Chinese astronauts to the moon.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Many rebel groups are offshoots of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which had been fighting to overthrow the government since the 1960s and had been the country's largest guerrilla organization.

— John Otis, NPR, 21 June 2026

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