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as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
opened a shop selling fancy foods as an offshoot of their very successful restaurant
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Recent Examples of offshoot
Paying homage to the sandwich, the one-day event is an offshoot of Detroit Sandwich Week, founded by Parisi.
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Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
To begin with, there were woolly mammoths on either side of it, suggesting the lineage was an offshoot of woolly mammoths.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Imagine those weapons had fallen into the hands of this offshoot of Al-Qaeda.
—Meredith Wolf Schizer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Michael Scott superfan Sabrina Impacciatore nearly fainted when The Office alums Steve Carell and John Krasinski stopped by set on the very first day of filming the sitcom’s offshoot, The Paper.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
To begin with, there were woolly mammoths on either side of it, suggesting the lineage was an offshoot of woolly mammoths.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Imagine those weapons had fallen into the hands of this offshoot of Al-Qaeda.
—Meredith Wolf Schizer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Michael Scott superfan Sabrina Impacciatore nearly fainted when The Office alums Steve Carell and John Krasinski stopped by set on the very first day of filming the sitcom’s offshoot, The Paper.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offshoot
Noun
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People with the infection can require intensive medical care, and even limb amputation, and 1 in 5 people with the infection die.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The skeleton was nearly complete, missing only the tail and some limb bones, and the skull was in such good condition that its teeth still bore a coating of enamel, Novas said.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nasdaq technicals The Nasdaq is trading very close to its 50-day moving average a level that could be concerning for the broader tech trade according to Charles Schwab’s head trading and derivatives strategist Joe Mazzola.—
Frank Holland,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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These strategies often pair derivatives with structured notes or bank instruments to provide market exposure while aiming to significantly reduce downside risk.—
Michael A. Scarpati,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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This fragmented existence is a direct outgrowth of the logics of settler colonialism.—
Literary Hub
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Established in 2004 as a Harvard-MIT research collaboration, the institute was an outgrowth of the Human Genome Project.—
Nelson P. Repenning,
Big Think,
26 Aug. 2025
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Bose found a stronger mathematical derivation of Planck’s law.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Labels want systems that can not only detect direct sample reuse but also flag stylistic derivations within generative model outputs.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Plant out transplants of broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower later in the month if the weather cools.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Sep. 2025
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This latter interpretation recalls Persephone’s yearly return from the underworld or another myth in which a pomegranate sprouts from drops of Dionysus’s blood after his death, heralding his resurrection.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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Deutsche Börse, which runs the Frankfurt Stock Exchange from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time five days a week for derivates and structured products, echoed Euronext.—
Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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The historian who sits on the county preservation committee and backed the Pan Am headquarters inclusion in 2014 and Hangar 5 last year, said with national recognition, tour groups from all over the country could start showing up, as could movie shoots.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Conversely, green shoots can be seen from new entrants (those searching for a job for the first time); their numbers decreased by 199,000 last month—largely offsetting a drop the month prior.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rather than competing on spend, Olson has centered PacSun’s growth on listening, embedding the customer voice into decisions across product, marketing, and data.—
Jamie Gutfreund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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