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
Kapur said Honeywell’s board determined that a tax-free spin-off of Honeywell Aerospace is the most efficient way to separate the remaining company.
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Jeff Marks,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Virtua Quest is a spin-off of the Virtua Fighter series in which players take on the role of a kid named Sei who works as a hunter inside the virtual universe called the Nexus.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The star of the spin-off, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, along with producer Scott Gimple, is in town and will walk the Pink Carpet later.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Streaming on Roku Roku Also check out: A 1991 film sequel, Bubblegum Crash, concludes the story (though there are spin-offs, too).
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Marks,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Virtua Quest is a spin-off of the Virtua Fighter series in which players take on the role of a kid named Sei who works as a hunter inside the virtual universe called the Nexus.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The star of the spin-off, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, along with producer Scott Gimple, is in town and will walk the Pink Carpet later.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Streaming on Roku Roku Also check out: A 1991 film sequel, Bubblegum Crash, concludes the story (though there are spin-offs, too).
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spin-off
Noun
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Isotretinoin is a potent derivative of vitamin A that shrinks oil glands in the face, chest, back, shoulders and upper arms, says Dr. Richard Antaya, director of pediatric dermatology for Yale Medicine.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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Also, his revenge story (and his dad's Darth Vader reveal) felt a touch derivative in a show that's typically much more surprising.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The new proof broadly consists of three steps: derive the macroscopic theory from the mesoscopic one; derive the mesoscopic theory from the microscopic one; and then stitch them together in a single derivation of the macroscopic laws all the way from the microscopic ones.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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The chances are that language switching isn’t necessarily active for the chain-of-thought derivations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 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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This, combined with new and streamlined venues for retail investors to participate in the growing demand for a variety of spot, derivate, and synthetic funds and indices is set to continue push crypto ETF access to new heights.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Spin-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spin-off. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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