branch
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A newly identified branch of the marsupial family tree is adding a surprising twist to the history of Australia's most distinctive mammals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Back in Washington, at a 2023 meeting of senior deputies across the executive branch, one five-minute agenda item set things in motion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
And, because the not-for-profit entities don’t have as large a client base as major banks, it can be more difficult to access in-person branch services or digital services.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
A new show at Roberts Projects lets us in on a different but equally foundational branch of Saar’s story: her costume design work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Clare briefly lost his balance, thrown by a surge of wind, but caught the branch above him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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That tree still stands with its major branches and half its trunk lopped off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Asahiro Kuni, 81, a member of one of the 11 imperial branches, has also said he would advise his grandchildren to refuse the opportunity of becoming royals.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kagan said enforcement shouldn’t fall to the executive or legislative branches due to the importance of judicial independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
During winter, when trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, the insects' oothecae, brown, spongy egg cases measuring about 2 to 3 cm, become easy to spot on branches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
As I watched, a tiny little wren dropped down from the branches of the red oak and lit on Daisy’s crippled leg.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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 analysis also revealed how different blood cell types may have branched off over time.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
A Y junction was the original shape of the line as envisaged in the first plans for a line from London to Birmingham that branched to Manchester and Leeds.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The Economist has around 1.25 million subscribers and branched out into podcasts and live video to reach more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The Nir and the Kell branched off from a wide, tumbling rush of water coming from the north, the Nir continuing south and the Kell running east.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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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
After a short stint in his brother's plastics business, he launched the flagship family conglomerate that bears his name in 1988 by branching out into the export trade.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Scaringe said that while branching into battery energy storage systems is “not a focus for us as a business right now,” Rivian hopes to do more at its sites with Redwood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
What if they tell me this curving line branching into three oval shapes is a pomegranate and that my mother was wishing me fertility and posterity?
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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