branchlets

noun

plural of branchlet
as in limbs

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  1. limbs
  2. shoots
  3. boughs
  4. spurs
  5. branches
  6. offshoots
Noun
  • As a result, the robot kept trying to regain balance while its powered limbs moved near the person beside it.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • The technology is designed to improve the control of advanced prosthetic limbs while reducing pain associated with conventional amputations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of limbs
Noun
  • Currently, the county does not receive significant permitting fees from shoots on private property or state parks.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Photographer Timothy White’s résumé includes album art (for Michael Bolton, Billy Joel and Wilson Phillips), magazine shoots for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Esquire, and having once owned an entire town in the Mojave Desert.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 July 2026
Definition of shoots
Noun
  • By early summer, the tents sag like dirty diapers from the undersides of boughs.
    — Ben Crair, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
  • There is something magical about the trees—tourists travel miles to stand under their twisted boughs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of boughs
Noun
  • 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
Definition of spurs
Noun
  • At the time, TD Bank noted that at least 25% of the new branches in the city would be located in majority-minority or low-to-moderate-income areas.
    — Chase Jordan July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • Putnam And Leadership Functionalism, and the vast majority of Putnam’s ideas, belong to the realm of analytic philosophy, one of the two major branches of 20th-century philosophy, along with continental philosophy.
    — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of branches
Noun
  • The emirate has spent two decades turning the area into a cultural hub, home to offshoots of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 27 July 2026
  • And if that wasn't enough, its offshoots like Yangwang and Denza add even more numbers to the lineup.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
Definition of offshoots
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