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
And in 2014—five years after the premiere of both 16 and Pregnant and its spin-off Teen Mom—the National Bureau of Economic Statistics looked into why the United States had seen a nearly 11% drop in teen pregnancies since 2008.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the film takes a page from the VR spin-off game, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, which sees the player caught inside the mind of one of Until Dawn’s central characters and facing off against various nightmares inspired by his anxieties and fear of death.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
The company was back in federal court last week as part of a monopoly case that could see a potential spin-off of Instagram and WhatsApp.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
Grammer played psychiatrist Frasier Crane on Cheers, and then the spin-off Frasier, which ran from 1993 to 2004.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the film takes a page from the VR spin-off game, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, which sees the player caught inside the mind of one of Until Dawn’s central characters and facing off against various nightmares inspired by his anxieties and fear of death.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
The company was back in federal court last week as part of a monopoly case that could see a potential spin-off of Instagram and WhatsApp.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
Grammer played psychiatrist Frasier Crane on Cheers, and then the spin-off Frasier, which ran from 1993 to 2004.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spin-off
Noun
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Mazda was considering an SUV derivative of the 6e for North America — rumored to be called the Mazda CX-6e — but the current stiff tariffs don’t bode well for vehicles built outside the US.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Still, positioning in the derivatives market shows skepticism this rally will last, Silverman said.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
6 May 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 25 May. 2025.
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