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spin-off

[spin-awf, -of] / ˈspɪnˌɔf, -ˌɒf /


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Acaster did not take part in Friday's edition of spin-off show Uncloaked, which reunited some of the celebrity contestants following the final.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

After the spin-off, Mike Cavanagh will become chief executive of NBCUniversal, and Comcast’s former chief financial officer, Michael Angelakis, will return to run Comcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Resonac’s petrochemical unit is set to list Tuesday in Tokyo, with a spin-off becoming effective Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He rose to fame as a “looksmaxxer,” which is a spin-off of the larger incel community.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

“This is it. It’s happening. You’re going to reach out, right? This is amazing. Hollywood will make a movie about you two. And a Netflix spin-off about your gay children.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

He also appeared in non-canon spin-offs, and was in the space drama TV series "Babylon 5."

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Disney got to work making spin-offs of spin-offs of stories about a bounty hunter who had around 10 minutes of screen time in the original Star Wars trilogy.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Every one of Disney’s remakes and spin-offs of its animated hits has been a naked cash grab.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The part earned her an Annie Award for best voice acting in an animated feature production and she continued to voice the character in later spin-offs.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

By 1980, the Lisp Machine project had generated two commercial spin-offs.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams


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