outgrowth
Example Sentences
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At UCLA, the new department is an outgrowth of a longstanding minor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
His blunder is captured in the false proposition that birthright citizenship “crossed the Atlantic with the colonists—and was adopted with little fanfare after the Revolution” as an outgrowth of the common law of England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The episode punctuated how reflexively we latch onto the idea of weakness as the primary outgrowth of racial injustice.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
The injured tissue produced substantial neurite outgrowth, meaning the long extensions that allow neurons to communicate began growing again.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
The project was an outgrowth of the secret research Oliphant had been conducting at Birmingham.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
