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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

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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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The analysis also revealed how different blood cell types may have branched off over time.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

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

And when the researchers reconstructed a viral family tree based on the newly sequenced viruses and other viral genes, they concluded that the hot spring viruses branched off very early in viral history.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 8, 2024

Everyone branched off and did their own thing after "Smoke Signals."

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

To get to it, one took a rutted, uphill dirt track that branched off the main road between Herat and Gul Daman.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini