How to Use spin-off in a Sentence

spin-off

1 of 2 noun
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  • The next Game of Thrones (GoT) spin-off isn’t until 2025.
    — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The second season of The Game of Thrones spin-off will premiere on June 16.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Kaling hasn't totally shut down the idea of doing a spin-off.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
  • This is the skin of a spin-off, Bella – or possibly a reboot.
    — Destiny Johnson | Djohnson@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Stamped at the top of the website is a spin-off of Trump's campaign logo, with Haley's name below Trump's.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The group’s smart logistics spin-off, Cainiao, operates the hub.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The dedicated Brit food spot is the standalone spin-off of the secret menu in a Short Pump Thai restaurant.
    — Karri Peifer, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Before the spin-off though, there's a whole season of Virgin River to enjoy.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
  • As with a spin-off of a popular TV show, the next iteration of a beloved skin-care product has a lot to live up to.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Parkers was a spin-off of Moesha, which starred Brandy as the title character and ran for six seasons.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Citadel is getting a season 2 and there are at least those two spin-offs happening.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Since its initial release, the film has had sequels, spin-offs, and even a musical.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
  • In 2020, with a batch of firings, the couple exited the show and went on to costar in their spin-off series Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky.
    — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
  • The rapper is also slated to star in Knuckles, the Paramount+ Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off series.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 June 2023
  • Additionally, a second Game of Thrones spin-off got the green light to join House of Dragon.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But that franchise — with its many sequels and spin-offs — and most others of the genre focus on the fun, flirty side of the sport, if it's even treated as a sport in the first place.
    — EW.com, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Threes are twos, and twos are ones in this spin-off Olympic sport, which features a basketball slightly smaller than the one used for five-on-five.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • While season five will still focus on homes in and around the couple’s small town, Bentonville, a spin-off of the popular show is also in the works!
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 12 June 2023
  • Charles and the show’s production company, World of Wonder, have launched multiple spin-offs in the U.S. and abroad.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
  • The Disney+ spin-off first premiered back in 2019 and quickly became the platform’s flagship streamer.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Potential spin-offs for Three's Company were in the cards from the beginning.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Fans may be surprised to know that there technically already is one spin-off of the show called Pearson.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 19 Aug. 2023
  • So yes, don’t expect a police spin-off from Grey’s Anatomy anytime soon.
    — Luke Winkie, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Since debuting in 1994 with the first game in the series, Bandai Namco published five Tekken titles and one spin-off in under a decade.
    — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
  • After starring in seven games (and several spin-offs) over the past two decades, Kiryu deserves a break.
    — Reid McCarter, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The Paramount+ series is a spin-off of Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel 1883.
    — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The twins pitched an idea for another spin-off show, which at first, Disney didn't like, according to a YouTube video Dylan shared in 2013.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In March 2022, a spin-off, Human Resources, premiered on Netflix.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Chris Evans took over the voice of Buzz in the 2022 spin-off Lightyear, which was not as commercially or critically successful as the main films.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The decrease in gross profit is due to revised terms of the technology licensing arrangement post the spin-off.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
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spin off

2 of 2 verb
  • Sometimes that means the hoops spin off on their own or hit her in the head.
    — Kim Richters, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2021
  • And then a lot of circumstances are going to take over in the spin off.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The show will spin off 2019's Captain Marvel movie and see a slate of A-list stars.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The two cars spun off course and Power slammed into a concrete wall.
    — Steve Megargee, ajc, 17 June 2023
  • He’s brought to Villiam’s manor house and left there, at which point Lapvona — both the town and the novel — spin off-kilter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • Neff could somehow spin off her own series, right in the middle of this one.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Checking into the game at the 8:58 mark of the fourth quarter, Wade missed his lone shot attempt -- a layup that spun off the rim.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • These survival skills utilized in the show will be the main focus of its new spin off series.
    — al, 4 Aug. 2022
  • She could be spun off into her own series, a kind of Dance Moms with a priceless tiara and a throne as the prizes.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • On one play, Sexton drove into the lane and spun off Tremont Waters.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Chances are pretty good that Wolf won't give up on finding new ways to spin off the L&O from the mothership.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 15 July 2021
  • That means the company could sell or spin off the chain, which has also long been struggling.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The studio has also had global subscriber growth at Starz, which could be the subject of a sale of spin off.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, some of our favorite characters from the trilogy will reprise their roles for the new spin off.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The pressure is on as the British company prepares to spin off its consumer unit this month.
    — James Paton, Fortune, 3 July 2022
  • This move to spin off this business makes sense for J&J, making the stock more attractive.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • If the lawsuit advances, Meta could be forced to spin off some of its most valuable assets.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The researchers want to use this study to spin off a whole new area of cosmology research.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The company was spun off from ThyssenKrupp, a German steel giant, in 2023.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
  • One such road that leads to a heart-stirring overlook spins off just yards from the Badger Springs Wash trailhead.
    — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 21 Nov. 2019
  • By the middle of next year, Intel plans to spin off Mobileye and take it public.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Kering slimmed down by spinning off Puma, a sportswear brand, last year.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The set has already spun off two singles, and now the first of them has risen to No. 1 on a chart the band knows very well, becoming a very special smash.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Or the kind of slice serve to his backhand in the ad court—Shelton is a lefty—that, when hit just right, spun off the court as much as a foot beyond Cachin’s reach.
    — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But Musk is in no hurry to spin off Starlink, despite excitement over the idea.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Ye tells Popular Mechanics that this blob is likely just bits of dust, ice, and rock which have spun off of the comet.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The film has since been spun off into a BBC mini-series, in which Graham also stars.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Beem apprehended Meade when his truck spun off the road and into a field.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024
  • There’s also been speculation in recent years that Walgreens would spin off, sell or take private its Boots chain of pharmacies based in the United Kingdom.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Getty Images FedEx’s looming decision on potentially spinning off its less-than-truckload business could weigh on the stock, according to Bernstein.
    — Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han,alex Harring, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024

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