as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
a spin-off of the popular television series
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Recent Examples of spin-off
The single-player Star Citizen spin-off Squadron 42 is slated to finally be in players' hands in 2026, 11 full years after its initial 2015 release target.
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Houser was a star in Yellowstone, and McConaughey was recently considered for a Yellowstone spin-off that ultimately never happened.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
These modest ambitions keep Delta from being a disaster on the level of, say, the boneheaded Phantom Pain spin-off, Metal Gear Solid: Survive.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Rumors of Stranger Things spin-offs have been circulating for a while, and one of those still seems to be in place.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Houser was a star in Yellowstone, and McConaughey was recently considered for a Yellowstone spin-off that ultimately never happened.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
These modest ambitions keep Delta from being a disaster on the level of, say, the boneheaded Phantom Pain spin-off, Metal Gear Solid: Survive.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Rumors of Stranger Things spin-offs have been circulating for a while, and one of those still seems to be in place.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spin-off
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Some evidence has seemed to point to the potato being a tomato derivative: Large stretches of their genomes resemble each other, and the two crops are similar enough that they can be grafted together into a plant that produces both foods.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
31 July 2025
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Bearish sentiment was also evident in the derivatives market where an unidentified speculator paid about $5 million in premium on the Deribit exchange to buy Bitcoin put options expiring on Aug. 8 at the strike price of $110,000, according to prime broker FalconX, which facilitated the trade.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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Labels want systems that can not only detect direct sample reuse but also flag stylistic derivations within generative model outputs.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Whether numbers, systems of equations, derivations or geometric objects, everything should spring from a few basic assumptions.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
9 May 2025
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Deutsche Börse, which runs the Frankfurt Stock Exchange from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time five days a week for derivates and structured products, echoed Euronext.—
Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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Coinbase bought a crypto derivates exchange, Deribit, for $2.9 billion .—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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“Spin-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spin-off. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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