Offshoot
//ˈɔf.ʃuːt//
"Offshoot" in a Sentence (7 examples)
The company was an offshoot of his original start-up.
Chemistry is an offshoot of alchemy.
Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism.
Russia is an offshoot of Ukraine.
the offshoots of a tree
an offshoot of a criminal organization
The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened.
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