How to Use offshoot in a Sentence

offshoot

noun
  • The business started as an offshoot of an established fashion design company.
  • These are offshoots of the road that go up a steep hill.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • But the city's leaders have launched a new offshoot of the slogan: We ❤️ NYC.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And offshoots of the crime will continue to grow even with Price in prison.
    Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But basically the show is an offshoot of that game set in the same sort of world.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • An offshoot of this is that the pupils will duel in said mobile suits.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In the past few years, avid skater Ross revived it and has opened offshoots in London and New York.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The dance music there changed with the era’s tastes — disco in the early days, techno and its offshoots later on.
    Curbed, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The nominees for the award show — which is an offshoot of the People's Choice Awards — were announced in August.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • And that requires you to have some level of consistency, and not just to be a bundle of ad hoc offshoots.
    Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • A few weeks ago, a new offshoot of the Covid-19 Omicron variant made up only a small portion of cases in the United States.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Book a room inside the main hotel or at the ultra-luxe 21-room boutique offshoot called Flagler Club.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Unlike the main series, the offshoot isn't a legal drama — rather, it's set in the world of Chicago politics.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The junction makes for a good turnaround point, but several unsigned offshoots may be used to extend the hike.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • People used to have a trade—actors acted, sportsmen sported—and fame was a mere offshoot.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The trend is in some ways an offshoot of the manifestation craze that overtook social media over the last few years.
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • Privacy—and its pervasive offshoot, the NDA—has also evolved to shield the powerful and rich against the public’s right to know.
    Orly Lobel, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Still, offshoots of the band have given farewell tours before, so perhaps Sunday’s show won’t be a firm goodbye.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • The owners aim to open a fast-casual offshoot in Cabin John Village.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The project was an offshoot of a social program, Creative Arts for Alienated Youth.
    Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The story will draw heavily from the Beast Wars franchise, which is an offshoot of Transformers.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Somehow, its offshoot manages to send audiences into even more of a spin.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Acid League, a vinegar producer from Canada, made that leap with its new offshoot, Wine Proxies, which launched two years ago.
    Baroness Sheri De Borchgrave, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The contest has its origins as an offshoot of Script2Comic, which focuses on all genres, not just horror.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The worst winter development the virus might produce, some experts thought, might involve the spawning of some nasty Delta offshoot.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The actor is also quick to praise the chemistry between Rafa and his family as the natural offshoot of a cast that showed up ready to throw itself into the work.
    Matt Monagle, Chron, 15 May 2023
  • To the southeast of the teeming herds of wildlife in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, an offshoot of the Lundin mining dynasty is extending its search for the world’s biggest diamonds.
    Antony Sguazzin, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Singh's movement is an offshoot of a Sikh separatism push that first began in the 1980s, India cracked down on efforts to create a Sikh state in Punjab.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 23 Apr. 2023
  • It is believed that this diminutive species – reaching around a meter in height – may be an offshoot of H. erectus, who traveled to the island, perhaps by boat.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Follow along our full history of the MX-5 for a hint, and discover a few of the model's desirable special editions and offshoots.
    Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023

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