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branch

[branch, brahnch] / bræntʃ, brɑntʃ /




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Documentary branch voters, using a preferential voting system, annually produce a shortlist of 15 movies, announced in mid-December.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sentencing Commission in the 1980s, an independent federal agency within the judicial branch.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

The animal charity's Medway West branch has launched to offer cut-price care for the pets of people on low incomes or receiving benefits.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

A 3.3-mile stretch of a branch line to be re-laid in Portishead, southwest England, required 79,187 pages of planning documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Norman walked to the edge of a branch so it bent down to Zeke’s face.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

By reconstructing the branches of the embryo's cellular family tree, the researchers could determine when different groups of cells began following distinct developmental paths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

It has closed hundreds of branches across the UK, leaving it with about 1,800 currently and 51,000 employees.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But the impact of the rise in energy prices is visible in the more energy-intensive branches of the industrial sector, where production declined 0.5%, Destatis said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Congress is one of the three branches of government, alongside the presidency and the judiciary.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

We were part of the United States branch, but there were Academy branches just like ours hidden all over the world.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

He branched into insurance, spotting how annuity savers’ years of steady premiums could be a good match for multigenerational investments in sports, fast food and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Now the 38-year-old from Little Hulton has branched out to paint other popular cartoon characters - including from The Simpsons and Tom and Jerry - to cover up swear words.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

Our conversations eventually branched out, until it was the three of us talking about anything and everything for forty-five minutes at ten o’clock every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

It is also trying to move beyond jeans by branching into other pieces from the period, such as slip dresses and leather jackets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

But it also means branching into new “AI adopters,” like companies in the transportation and real-estate sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The foundation runs a World War II educational program, taking Wantagh students to a museum in New Orleans about that conflict, before branching into 9/11 education.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Unlike trees, mountains, rivers, clouds, and animals, which are dominated by curved and branching forms, crystals stand out because of their flat surfaces and straight edges.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 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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