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as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
the Blue Nile, the Atbara, and the White Nile are the three primary branches of the Nile River
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as in department
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the two branches of the U.S. Congress
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as in to radiate
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 branch
Yvonne Zusel,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
Carefully consider your high-yield savings account options now, and consider using an online bank, specifically, as online banks often offer better rates to savers than those banks with in-person branches.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
This came into play for a customer that was an established brand branching into denim for the first time.
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Sj Studio,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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Each uniform represents a different branch of service women volunteered for, including the Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy.
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Yvonne Zusel,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
Carefully consider your high-yield savings account options now, and consider using an online bank, specifically, as online banks often offer better rates to savers than those banks with in-person branches.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Verb
The frequency of horizontal gene transfer means that, in addition to the neatly branching trees that relate species by common descent, there are small threads connecting distant branches of the tree of life.
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John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
This came into play for a customer that was an established brand branching into denim for the first time.
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Sj Studio,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for branch
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Photos also showed the bees crowding on nearby trees, weighing down on some tree limbs and branches.
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There are also two bear pendants with movable limbs — the $32 Felix and the $52 Frankie.
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Michael Johnson is charged with murder after killing 45-year-old Tiffany Creech in a domestic violence attack over the weekend, CBS affiliate WBNS reported.
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Two came with 24 hours of each other, according to CNN affiliate WESH.
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The property features over a mile of frontage along Fall River and controls two of the river’s primary spring-fed tributaries — Spring Creek and Lava Creek, according to Hall and Hall.
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For more precise information, Three Rivers Waterkeeper, a nonprofit that helps protect and restore the water quality of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers and their surrounding watersheds, samples the rivers and tributaries weekly each summer as part of its Swim Guide program.
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The department has also opened Title IX investigations in North Carolina and Michigan and issued warning letters to school districts in Colorado and Kansas.
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According to the bill, the state would have to produce an annual average salary report for the 20 local departments that Cal Fire is stacked against and make sure state firefighter pay is within 15% of that average.
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The 43 rooms are spread across two neighboring heritage mansions in the old fisherman village of Sariyer and radiate Old World elegance in the most understated of ways, letting the intricate moldings and murals steal the show.
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When P-waves start radiating from the earthquake underground, Android phones sense the vibrations, start collecting data and send it back to Google servers for processing.
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It is stored in an inactive form in cells such as the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and immune system—acting as the body’s reserve bank, indicating how much iron is available for future use.
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Brave Iranian citizens took to the streets calling for liberty, only to be met with bullets, prison cells, torture and death.
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Bonta, alongside a multi-state coalition of attorneys general, filed another lawsuit against the agency in response.
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Neither agency responded immediately to USA TODAY's request for comment.
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The diamond’s widest point has shifted upward—toward the upper-middle, the professional managerial class, the dual-income homeowner—leaving a longer, thinner stem below it than the shape suggests.
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That extraordinary response stemmed partly from the scale of the thing.
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“Branch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branch. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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