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offshoot

[awf-shoot, of-] / ˈɔfˌʃut, ˈɒf- /


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Offshoot communities have been formed nearby in Blooming Grove, among other places in the county.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2019

Offshoot industries are springing up, such as those making pocket calculators, digital watches and the countless component products that go into computers.

From US News • Aug. 12, 2016

Offshoot studies have looked at everything from the role of tantrums in depressed children to how depressed preschoolers perform on cognitive tasks.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2010

Offshoot of relativity was the recognition of a duality in Space's structure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Offshoot of the NRA coal code, the agreement prescribed conditions of labor for some 314,000 diggers in hitherto non-union mines.

From Time Magazine Archive




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