branch
Example Sentences
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Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.
Each species on Earth can trace its roots back to the same cluster of ancestral organisms and occupies a distinct position on a single, complex, prolifically branching, unfathomably extensive and largely invisible tree of life.
The company also has branched out into the experiences business with a Hallmark Christmas Cruise and the Hallmark Christmas Experience festival in Kansas City, Mo., where the company is based.
From Los Angeles Times
A three-judge panel found three of the seven transfer schemes legal because power passed from the governor to another elected executive branch member.
From Salon
A House of Lords report released in October found that serious waste crime was being "critically under-prioritised" and ordered a "root and branch" inquiry into how "endemic" waste crime was being tackled.
From BBC
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