as in to part
to go or move in different directions from a central point
the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis
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Her hair was parted to one side in loose waves, displaying her silver teardrop earrings.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Even on past rainy days, locals say, the skies seem to part for the parade itself, and resume after the festivities.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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The January Starship mishap occurred over the North Atlantic after the 171-foot (52-meter) Starship separated from the Super Heavy rocket booster that hauled it toward space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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To date, the New Shepard program has flown 52 people above the Kármán line, boundary that separates Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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This allowed his team to track what happened to the embryos, then check whether any of the PGT-A results diverged from reality.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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Shanghai, Shenzhen, and the STAR Board diverged to close -0.12%, +0.33%, and -1.52%, respectively, on volume that decreased -13% from Friday, which is 140% of the 1-year average.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Branch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branch%20%28out%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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