George Lucas

Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology - looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does.

American Director

Dana Spiotta

I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because the name contains everything you need to know: the tactic and the target. The name is also modular. You can create your own offshoot in your own city.

American Author

Samantha Power

Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions, and all countries have a legal obligation to freeze its assets and prohibit its business dealings. But countries around the world need to do more to make these sanctions work.

Irish Public Servant

Twinkle Khanna

I don't think I have a sense of fashion. But I do have an aesthetic, which I feel is an offshoot of me working in the design industry. For example, if I am mixing and matching prints on my sofas and cushion covers, I tend to do that with my wardrobe as well.

Indian Businesswoman

Christopher A. Wray

Whether core al Qaeda or its offshoots like AQAP, ISIS, or the many others - we are working with our partners to find and disrupt them, wherever they are, whether they're plotting attacks on Americans here at home or abroad.

American Public Servant

Brett Kavanaugh

The nation certainly would have been better off if President Clinton could have focused on Osama bin Laden without being distracted by the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots.

American Judge

Jason Aaron

I wrote and drew my own books on notebook paper, and I'd staple 'em together. I had my own fictional company, and we had our own thinly veiled offshoots of whatever was popular at Marvel and DC at the time.

American Writer

Jeff Lowe

Wall climbing is an offshoot of the more traditional sport of mountain climbing. It is very difficult; one must combine a great deal of stamina with the ability of a world-class gymnast.

American Athlete

Kevin Whately

I suppose it's a sentimental thing, but I wouldn't want to do more 'Lewis' than we did 'Morse' because I do still think of it as an offshoot.

English Actor

Marc Almond

These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

British Musician

Often used metaphorically to describe things like projects or ideas that grow from an original concept.

Metaphorical Use

'Offshoot' can refer to a product that evolved from the main product, which may serve a similar purpose.

Derived Product

An 'offshoot' may indicate a group that has become independent but still relates to its origin.

Independent Origin

Understanding the original source of an 'offshoot' helps grasp its principles and often its name.

Origins Matter

In horticulture, 'offshoot' refers to a literal growth, a part of a plant like a branch.

Literal Growth

Offshoots in plants can be used to grow new plants, identical to the parent plant.

Asexual Propagation

 It even had an offshoot running to Haifa in what is today Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. But today the Hejaz Railway lies in tatters, ruins. If we were to focus on reconstructing these curvy lines on the map, infrastructure, that cross the straight lines, the borders,

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 from teachers, at the moment, who are using the website in school. The kids are using them on the tablet. They're zooming into the pictures and using it for art class, biology class. And that's not something I planned. That's just a beautiful offshoot of the project.

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 national geographic has jumped in the water too with its own summer shark fest this very episode is effectively an offshoot of this annual programming these weeks-long events feature hours and hours of programming dedicated to sharks and now it lives on as a whole

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 come across the road now I'm wondering if these guys have all climbed up on top of the top of these grass stalks and so on to get away from them because matter Billy ants are ruthless as the name suggests matter Billy was an offshoot of

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 Their city housed an offshoot of the Bodhi tree under which Buddha himself was said to have attained enlightenment. Religious reverence slowed farmer’s axes and even led the city to plant additional trees in urban parks.

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 called bronchi, of the trachea, which delivers air from the nose and mouth. These branches provide the lobes independent supplies of air. Within each lobe, the bronchi split off into numerous smaller offshoots

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 big offshoot of that railroad was the MKT trail or at least the MKT trail goes on to the katy trail they're both from old railroads and there are very important sales in colombia's rich park system

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 every single night for seven years. It was like Dante's "Inferno." It was unbelievable. One of the offshoots of crack cocaine is that you keep an erection

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 African slaves who practiced voodoo once a year one offshoot of this mix of beliefs draws thousands of Venezuelans

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