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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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A blood-red tree descends, its skeletal branches and ropy roots suggesting veins and arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“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

Queues had also been building up outside Swatch's branches internationally, including in New York where watch enthusiasts had been camping for a week, with reports that some had become unwell during the wait.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

By carefully studying archival records and historical documents, the researchers were able to map out previously unknown branches of Leonardo's family.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

I swung up and hoisted myself into the branches.

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