as in radiating
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point
threads branched from the center of the spider web
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Recent Examples of branching
What's mucking up the process is a telepathic outlier named The Mule (Pilou Asbæk), whose ravenous appetite for galactic dominance has created anomalies in Seldon's branching prognostications of how this whole ordeal will unfold.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Its approach adds structures inspired by dendrites, the branching extensions of neurons, to standard neural networks.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s no telling which of those tests could perturb this new saltative branching model into its next evolutionary spike.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
The team found that each vagus nerve fiber connected to only one organ in the gut, rather than branching to many different organs as some had predicted.
—Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2025
Selected for larger fringed blooms, sturdy upright stems, improved disease resistance, and a good branching habit, 'Real Goldcup' produces an abundance of bright yellow flowers with a golden eye.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
The channel forked into a series of smaller canals, each branching farther or looping around islets or petering out into dead ends.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Skittles branching into the gummy market isn't new.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
For the first time in its 80 years of existence, the non-profit Ad Council is branching beyond its impactful public service spots into long form storytelling.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Its approach adds structures inspired by dendrites, the branching extensions of neurons, to standard neural networks.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s no telling which of those tests could perturb this new saltative branching model into its next evolutionary spike.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
The team found that each vagus nerve fiber connected to only one organ in the gut, rather than branching to many different organs as some had predicted.
—Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2025
Selected for larger fringed blooms, sturdy upright stems, improved disease resistance, and a good branching habit, 'Real Goldcup' produces an abundance of bright yellow flowers with a golden eye.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
The channel forked into a series of smaller canals, each branching farther or looping around islets or petering out into dead ends.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Skittles branching into the gummy market isn't new.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
For the first time in its 80 years of existence, the non-profit Ad Council is branching beyond its impactful public service spots into long form storytelling.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branching
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Randi Ellis can remember the sounds radiating from the family’s garage early each morning.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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Friday night, Boone pulled out every trick in his repertoire, radiating with the intensity of a vaudeville-era star playing to the cheapest seats in the house.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
23 Aug. 2025
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Adversaries appear as competing bids, regulatory hurdles or stakeholders with diverging agendas.—
Jessica Billingsley,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Morgan Stanley strategists attributed the diverging paths for the economy and the market to the varying impacts that the specific policy changes have had on different sectors of the market, and those segments’ differently weighted share of the total S & P 500 market capitalization.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Branching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branching. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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