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[branch, brahnch] / bræntʃ, brɑntʃ /




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Nearly the entire statistical signal was coming from a single branch of the insect family tree.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

On the banks of the Waal, the Dutch branch of the Rhine, swimmers are sunning themselves on a Nijmegen beach that didn't exist before the river level dropped a few months ago.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

It has signed a deal with the Japanese restaurant group, Sunpark, to open a Tokyo branch by the end of this year and then expand in the country.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

One particularly odd branch of this element of British culture is the longtime existence of joke political candidates, even whole political parties.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

To help himself think, he chewed a branch, then a chunk of the Bright Soft Cold.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Near the summit they metamorphose into stone tree branches, interweaving like a forest canopy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

After a campaign over hundreds of years saw rivers tamed for commercial use, he urged a shift back "toward natural rivers featuring meandering branches and floodplains that retain water across the landscape".

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The Debsirin School, founded in Bangkok in 1885, is one of Thailand's top secondary schools with branches across the country.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Comparing the relevant circuits in ants and mammals may therefore help scientists uncover a shared biological strategy for parenting that extends across widely separated branches of the animal kingdom.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

In the branches of the tallest yew perched three ravens, watching him.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

"You can imagine the whole system as a finely branched power grid that becomes increasingly damaged with age: connections break down and currents stall," explains Dr. Maria Ermolaeva, the study's lead author.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Morris branched out in to light entertainment with The Animal Roadshow and Animal Country, alongside Sarah Kennedy.

From BBC Apr. 20, 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

Described by RAU as a "time-capsule record of biodiversity in the UK", researchers said the possibilities are endless, branching out into climate change, habitat management, genetics, and much more.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

Nerve cells engineered to produce high amounts of FTL1 developed simplified structures, forming short, single extensions instead of the complex, branching networks seen in healthy cells.

From Science Daily Apr. 5, 2026

The gorgonians tend to grow in closely packed, branching masses, but they do not fuse to each other; if they did, their morphogenesis would doubtless become a shambles.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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