as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
a spin-off of the popular television series
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Recent Examples of spin-off
Baidu emphasized there is no guarantee the spin-off will proceed.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
Don’t worry, there’s going to be a spin-off.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Following the original trilogy, the 2018 spin-off Ocean’s 8 starred Sandra Bullock as Danny’s sister Debbie, plus Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Mindy Kaling and Anne Hathaway.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Winkleman’s star has soared since hosting the first season of The Traitors in 2022 and its celebrity spin-off several weeks back.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spin-off
Dylan Butts, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
Don’t worry, there’s going to be a spin-off.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Following the original trilogy, the 2018 spin-off Ocean’s 8 starred Sandra Bullock as Danny’s sister Debbie, plus Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Mindy Kaling and Anne Hathaway.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Winkleman’s star has soared since hosting the first season of The Traitors in 2022 and its celebrity spin-off several weeks back.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spin-off
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Meanwhile the question of whether events contracts on sports amount to financial derivatives or gambling is dividing the sports gambling industry — and tying federal courts in knots.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Leveraged gold funds, gold mining stocks and complex derivatives can magnify gains and also losses.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 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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Wall Street is also taking notice of the chipmaker as a derivate play of Alphabet’s growing AI dominance.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
24 Nov. 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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“Spin-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spin-off. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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