spun

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The day of Scott’s stem cell treatment, a nurse first extracted 80 cc of his blood, which was spun down to produce platelet-rich plasma; after that, red blood cells were removed, leaving concentrated plasma proteins.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The network changed its name after it was spun off from Comcast into a new company called Versant.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

I used a service from Kineto a start-up that has been spun out of JetBrains, a company that makes popular software developer tools.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

It spun off its ice cream business, now known as Magnum Ice Cream, last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“You made a promise. He spun you the gold. The child is his.”

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