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branches

NOUN

department

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arm bureau chapter division member office section subsidiary wing

STRONG

annex category classification connection dependency derivative extension local outpost part portion subdivision subsection tributary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

WEAK

company

NOUN

arm, limb

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wing

STRONG

bough branchlet bug detour divergence extension fork growth offshoot prong scion shoot spray sprig

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease reduction source

WEAK

company

Example Sentences

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“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The Swiss firm said it would not open its branches in the capital "in light of safety considerations for both our customers and our staff".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

But psychiatry is more subjective than other branches of medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Outside is a serene garden under a canopy of branches weighed down by iridescent copper bells, all handmade.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

I reached out and touched one of the branches and then quickly drew back, as though the leaves might burn me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff