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off-shoot
noun as in splinter group
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Deadspin is an off-shoot of Gawker Media, the pioneering gossip site.
Russell would also convince Wiltgen to invest more money in MyMedicalRecords Australia, at the time a licensed off-shoot of MMR.
Everything that might hinder its development is removed, and any off-shoot of the main stem is skilfully cut off.
My observations seem to point to the sympathetic system arising as an off-shoot from the cerebrospinal system.
But they were a vigorous, hardy and brave off-shoot of the original race of man.
The affair with the Gallaghers was, after all, only an off-shoot.
Lying deep among the Baikal Mountains, an off-shoot of the Altai, it presents some vividly coloured and striking scenery.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to off-shoot, such as: breakaway party, dissenting group, faction, groupuscule, political faction, and religious sect.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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