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branch

[branch, brahnch] / bræntʃ, brɑntʃ /




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The other image showed models climbing a ladder to reach shoes that hung from a tree branch.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

One night in a bout of frustration he makes a wish on a magic branch: that Nikki loved him as much as he loves her.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

When any side embarks on the sort of root and branch revolution the Italian presided over this summer, it is inevitable there will be teething problems and time required for understandings and relationships to form.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

The Smithsonian operates independently of the executive branch and is overseen by a Board of Regents.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

The monkeys gradually settled down, and I hoisted myself into the fork of the branch where its coils had been, sitting back to catch my breath and slow the painful beating of my heart.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

They were young offensive assistants in Cleveland, Atlanta and San Francisco and both represent branches of the Kyle Shanahan coaching tree.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Some transplant clinics are employing Turkish specialists – others are actually branches of businesses based in Turkey.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

So I think popular ideas—like Socialist Beach Day—pop up on Instagram and the like and get copied by other branches.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

He picked up one of the thin branches he had snapped off and stripped all the leaves from it.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

He branched into insurance, spotting how annuity savers’ years of steady premiums could be a good match for multigenerational investments in sports, fast food and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

EssilorLuxottica has also branched into hearing correction, with its Nuance Audio integrating hearing aids into eyeglasses frames.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

The researchers also found that prototypic B cells branched directly from macrophages after mast cells had already separated.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

We received baskets of candy until we grew older and the Easter Bunny branched out.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

To counter that, Proya Cosmetics has been branching out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

He likened it to a hospital "standing at one end of a corridor which goes on for miles, it was that sensation, there were all these rooms branching off left and right".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Smart, entertaining and surprising, they offer reassurance that adventurous playwriting is not only alive and well but branching out into uncharted territory.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The Ledi Geraru findings add to a growing picture of early human evolution as a crowded, branching story.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

The skin on his hands and face was milky white, almost translucent, showing the branching veins.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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