offshoot

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And Mercado Pago, the financial offshoot of Argentine e-commerce giant Mercado Libre, could get its license approved this year, according to Oxford Analytica.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The Druze are a community in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, whose religion is an offshoot of Shia Islam with its own unique identity and beliefs.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

State Farm General, an offshoot of national insurance giant State Farm Mutual, contends it has been financially sinking as seasonal wildfires morph into catastrophic urban conflagrations that destroy towns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

The team believes this was an early offshoot of what is now the Azores mantle plume.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Maybe you know that Rastafari is a small offshoot of the three main Abrahamic religions—Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon