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branched off

VERB

extend beyond main part

Synonyms

WEAK

add to develop diverge diversify divide enlarge expand extend fork grow increase multiply part proliferate ramify separate spread out

Antonyms

WEAK

lessen shrink

VERB

extend

Synonyms

WEAK

add to branch out develop diverge diversify divide enlarge expand extend fork grow increase multiply part proliferate ramify separate spread

Antonyms

WEAK

condense contract cut decrease lessen shorten

Example Sentences

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Davies also explained how research included consulting geneticists and revisiting the history of the Sea Devils and how Homo Aqua "could have branched off from mankind millions of years ago".

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Over the years, the original troupe branched off into several Xipe Totec factions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

The study’s authors highlight 74 human protein genes that appear to have arisen in this de novo way—more than half of which emerged after the human lineage branched off from chimpanzees.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 5, 2023

But at some point, our evolutionary trees branched off.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2022

I took the first narrow road that branched off toward the east, sure that it would lead to a farm.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson