offshoot

Example Sentences

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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

Adam Presser will lead the U.S. offshoot as CEO.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

The clashes occurred in the heartland of the Alawites - an offshoot sect of Shia Islam which Assad belongs to.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

To Roosevelt, the first settlement of Painted Rock Cave demonstrated that the Amazon forest was not settled by a copy or offshoot of Clovis.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann