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offshoot

[awf-shoot, of-] / ˈɔfˌʃut, ˈɒf- /


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Fan favorites Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo return in this slightly edgier ‘NCIS’ offshoot set in foreign locations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Andrew Herscowitz, the chief executive of a unit established by a charitable offshoot of the Rockefeller Foundation to help 300 million Africans gain access to electricity by 2030, was invited to the summit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 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