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Meanings of offshoot in English

A natural consequence of development.

        Usage of offshoot in English
        1
        The overseas edition is a smaller circulation offshoot of the main paper.
        Reuters
        2
        Maybe, writer thought, their popularity was an offshoot of the food trends.
        The new yorker
        3
        The latter were merely a southern offshoot of the Creeks or Muscogees.
        The Winning of the West, Volume 1 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
        4
        Their characteristics prove them an offshoot of the dinosaur line of reptiles.
        The Elements of Geology
        5
        Wesfarmers and Kmart haven't talked a huge amount about their boutique offshoot.
        News.com.au
        6
        Al Qaeda's Iraq offshoot claimed responsibility for the June 13 Central Bank attack.
        Reuters
        7
        Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, an offshoot of the PKK, claimed responsibility for the attack.
        The Guardian
        8
        The bailed-out bank sold Russian offshoot Absolut Bank and Serbian business KBC Banka.
        Reuters
        9
        The originating civilization was severely damaged in a conflict involving offshoot spacefaring relations.
        Anvil of stars
        10
        The Five Percenters, an early offshoot of the Nation of Islam.
        Ebony
        11
        Bruce Buchanan, CEO of its low-cost offshoot JetStar will leave in six months.
        Reuters
        12
        He's a very specific offshoot of a very unpromising part of the internet.
        Wired
        13
        A small offshoot to the westward passes through the Galapagos Islands.
        The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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        The conception to be tested was an offshoot from the carbon dioxide theory.
        The Dollar Hen
        15
        Symbolist machine learning is an offshoot of the knowledge engineering school of AI.
        The Master Algorithm
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        There was an offshoot in rear which served as a kitchen.
        Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
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        Offshoot through the time
        Offshoot across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common