1
a
: a collateral or derived branch, descendant, or member : outgrowth
b
: a lateral branch (as of a mountain range)
2
: a branch of a main stem especially of a plant
Examples of offshoot in a Sentence
The business started as an offshoot of an established fashion design company.
we knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again
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Later, New Music Seminar leaders Mark Josephson and Joel Webber visit Austin with an eye to creating a regional offshoot.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
Now, the long, strange trip continues with two separate screenings on IMAX.
Dead & Company — the offshoot that celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with another residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas — will livestream the last of their three shows in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Weir and Hart are two of the three surviving original Grateful Dead members, the other being Bill Kreutzmann, who signed on with the offshoot group when it was formed 10 years ago but has since left.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 July 2025
The religious sect originated as a 10th-century offshoot of Shiite Islam, with roughly half of the world's one million Druze living in Syria.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
Now, the long, strange trip continues with two separate screenings on IMAX.
Dead & Company — the offshoot that celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with another residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas — will livestream the last of their three shows in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Weir and Hart are two of the three surviving original Grateful Dead members, the other being Bill Kreutzmann, who signed on with the offshoot group when it was formed 10 years ago but has since left.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 July 2025
The religious sect originated as a 10th-century offshoot of Shiite Islam, with roughly half of the world's one million Druze living in Syria.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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“Offshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/offshoot. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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offshoot
noun
off·shoot
ˈȯf-ˌshüt 
1
: something that branches out from something else
2
: a branch of a main stem of a plant
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