branch out

phrasal verb

branched out; branching out; branches out

: to begin to do more different kinds of activities or work

In the beginning the business was highly specialized, but it has since branched out.

—often + into

The company specializes in casual clothing but it is branching out into formal wear.

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In those tumultuous times, many universes may have inflated all at once (and kept going) and branched out into a tremendous number of individual universes, each with their own kinds of physics and arrangements of matter. —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Jan. 2025 Who’s Next before branching out into fashion with the launch of her first brand, Mau Loa, in 2014. —

Joelle Diderich, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025 As the appetite for sports shoulder content grew, Curry and Peyton were thinking about branching out into comics, books, podcasts and gaming. —

Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 14 Jan. 2025 Available in rigid and stretch constructions, the fabrics are a continuation of the mill’s effort to branch out beyond non-denim wovens. —

Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for branch out