How to Use spin-off in a Sentence

spin-off

1 of 2 noun
  • The next Game of Thrones (GoT) spin-off isn’t until 2025.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The second season of The Game of Thrones spin-off will premiere on June 16.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Kaling hasn't totally shut down the idea of doing a spin-off.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
  • This is the skin of a spin-off, Bella – or possibly a reboot.
    Destiny Johnson | Djohnson@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Stamped at the top of the website is a spin-off of Trump's campaign logo, with Haley's name below Trump's.
    Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The group’s smart logistics spin-off, Cainiao, operates the hub.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The dedicated Brit food spot is the standalone spin-off of the secret menu in a Short Pump Thai restaurant.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • As with a spin-off of a popular TV show, the next iteration of a beloved skin-care product has a lot to live up to.
    Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Parkers was a spin-off of Moesha, which starred Brandy as the title character and ran for six seasons.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Since its initial release, the film has had sequels, spin-offs, and even a musical.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
  • In 2020, with a batch of firings, the couple exited the show and went on to costar in their spin-off series Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky.
    Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
  • The rapper is also slated to star in Knuckles, the Paramount+ Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off series.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 June 2023
  • Additionally, a second Game of Thrones spin-off got the green light to join House of Dragon.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But that franchise — with its many sequels and spin-offs — and most others of the genre focus on the fun, flirty side of the sport, if it's even treated as a sport in the first place.
    EW.com, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Threes are twos, and twos are ones in this spin-off Olympic sport, which features a basketball slightly smaller than the one used for five-on-five.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • While season five will still focus on homes in and around the couple’s small town, Bentonville, a spin-off of the popular show is also in the works!
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 12 June 2023
  • Charles and the show’s production company, World of Wonder, have launched multiple spin-offs in the U.S. and abroad.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
  • The Disney+ spin-off first premiered back in 2019 and quickly became the platform’s flagship streamer.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Potential spin-offs for Three's Company were in the cards from the beginning.
    Terri Robertson, Country Living, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Fans may be surprised to know that there technically already is one spin-off of the show called Pearson.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 19 Aug. 2023
  • So yes, don’t expect a police spin-off from Grey’s Anatomy anytime soon.
    Luke Winkie, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Since debuting in 1994 with the first game in the series, Bandai Namco published five Tekken titles and one spin-off in under a decade.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
  • After starring in seven games (and several spin-offs) over the past two decades, Kiryu deserves a break.
    Reid McCarter, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The Paramount+ series is a spin-off of Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel 1883.
    Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The twins pitched an idea for another spin-off show, which at first, Disney didn't like, according to a YouTube video Dylan shared in 2013.
    Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In March 2022, a spin-off, Human Resources, premiered on Netflix.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Since The Conjuring first premiered in 2013, there have been two sequels and multiple spin-off films.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The film does not appear to be setting up sequels through cliffhangers, or spin-offs through its characters.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Charles Drucker was appointed as a strategic advisor to guide the spin-off process.
    Joe Cornell, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • As of now, there's no word on the possibility of extending the series with a sequel or spin-off.
    Dayna Haffenden, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
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spin off

2 of 2 verb
  • Sometimes that means the hoops spin off on their own or hit her in the head.
    Kim Richters, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2021
  • And then a lot of circumstances are going to take over in the spin off.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The show will spin off 2019's Captain Marvel movie and see a slate of A-list stars.
    Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The two cars spun off course and Power slammed into a concrete wall.
    Steve Megargee, ajc, 17 June 2023
  • He’s brought to Villiam’s manor house and left there, at which point Lapvona — both the town and the novel — spin off-kilter.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • Neff could somehow spin off her own series, right in the middle of this one.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • These survival skills utilized in the show will be the main focus of its new spin off series.
    al, 4 Aug. 2022
  • She could be spun off into her own series, a kind of Dance Moms with a priceless tiara and a throne as the prizes.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Chances are pretty good that Wolf won't give up on finding new ways to spin off the L&O from the mothership.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 15 July 2021
  • The studio has also had global subscriber growth at Starz, which could be the subject of a sale of spin off.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, some of our favorite characters from the trilogy will reprise their roles for the new spin off.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The pressure is on as the British company prepares to spin off its consumer unit this month.
    James Paton, Fortune, 3 July 2022
  • This move to spin off this business makes sense for J&J, making the stock more attractive.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • If the lawsuit advances, Meta could be forced to spin off some of its most valuable assets.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The researchers want to use this study to spin off a whole new area of cosmology research.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The company was spun off from ThyssenKrupp, a German steel giant, in 2023.
    Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
  • By the middle of next year, Intel plans to spin off Mobileye and take it public.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The set has already spun off two singles, and now the first of them has risen to No. 1 on a chart the band knows very well, becoming a very special smash.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Or the kind of slice serve to his backhand in the ad court—Shelton is a lefty—that, when hit just right, spun off the court as much as a foot beyond Cachin’s reach.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But Musk is in no hurry to spin off Starlink, despite excitement over the idea.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The film has since been spun off into a BBC mini-series, in which Graham also stars.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Beem apprehended Meade when his truck spun off the road and into a field.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Everything has to spin off him, and the kids’ vices are all about their father, and relating to their father.
    Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Assets that spin off ordinary income, which is taxed at a rate as high as 37%, may be best placed in an IRA.
    Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
  • And the Earth did not even immediately spin off its axis and veer into the sun.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The Dodge spun off the right side of the road and hit multiple tree stumps, according to a Maryland State Police news release.
    Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
  • The financial services unit is to be spun off in October next year.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • The Jeffersons spun off from All in the Family in January 1975.
    Christian John Wikane, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Power forward Jevonnie Scott had two soft hooks spin off the cylinder.
    Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
  • As with many of the characters and incidents in the Conjuring universe, Annabelle’s plot is rooted in an element of basic truth before spinning off into increasingly fantastical realms.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2024

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