off-shoot

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The Druze faith is an off-shoot of Shia Islam, with sizeable communities also in Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Fortunately clothes were on the menu in November 1985, which saw the arrival of Fashion Aid, a star-studded fashion-based off-shoot of Band Aid.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2021

According to the Hollywood Reporter, ABC is "knee-deep in conversation with executive producers" for an off-shoot of the series.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2018

Michael B. Jordan is “Creed,” son of the late boxer Apollo Creed, and Sylvester Stallone is Rocky Balboa for the umpteenth time in director Ryan Coogler’s inspirational 2015 off-shoot of the “Rocky” franchise.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2016

Luckily, he had studied Persian as well as its Indian off-shoot, Hindustani, and he understood the words.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis