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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