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And if this was any other branch, that would probably be true.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sentencing Commission in the 1980s, an independent federal agency within the judicial branch.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

Then, after successful careers as an opera singer and chef, Caroline decided to branch out into public relations, a field I’ve been in for 35 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Ukraine was the first country to create the Unmanned Systems Forces as a separate branch of armed forces, under his command: now, he said, drones account for 80% of Russia's losses.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

There was a murmuring of surprise—some in pleasure, some in unease—and then each dryad turned to her own tree, snapped off a large branch, and came forward, holding it in her arms.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Over the next 16 years, the church grew in popularity to draw thousands of followers in the church's branches across Kenya.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Against this shimmering backdrop, the bright yellow branches appeared to rise from the seafloor like glowing trees surrounded by stars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

But who knows what kind of damage the now-downed branches might have done otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Congress is one of the three branches of government, alongside the presidency and the judiciary.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Cars zoom by on Main Street, and two birds chirp to each other from different branches of the same tall tree.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

A few years ago, Drolma and her husband branched out into opening a campsite and a homestay for tourists, seeking to capitalize on Shangri-La’s tourism boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

EssilorLuxottica has also branched into hearing correction, with its Nuance Audio integrating hearing aids into eyeglasses frames.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

The researchers also found that prototypic B cells branched directly from macrophages after mast cells had already separated.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

Canals branched out from the main river, just like on the East Side, but here, the sidewalks weren't nearly so crowded.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The bright yellow coral, which has a branching, tree-like appearance, was discovered between 360 and 529 meters below the Pacific Ocean's surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

But it also means branching into new “AI adopters,” like companies in the transportation and real-estate sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The foundation runs a World War II educational program, taking Wantagh students to a museum in New Orleans about that conflict, before branching into 9/11 education.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Unlike a film score, the music requires multiple branching paths.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

But as we shall see, coherent discourse also uses devices that differ from the branching of a tree, and our metaphors must expand accordingly.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker