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Recent Examples of branchlet
The photo of the branchlet tips shows the male pollen cones of cedar, which occur at the tips.
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oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2022
Only lemon trees require other pruning, to thin out twiggy branchlets so the plant can put more energy into vigorous branches, and to let light into the plant.
—Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
Roth’s weeping fig is a classic example: braided trunk, delicately drooping branchlets, and a dense shock of glossy leaves about 2 inches long .
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2022
Only lemon trees require other pruning, to thin out twiggy branchlets so the plant can put more energy into vigorous branches, and to let light into the plant.
—Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
Roth’s weeping fig is a classic example: braided trunk, delicately drooping branchlets, and a dense shock of glossy leaves about 2 inches long .
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branchlet
Noun
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Patients with paralysis have already used BCI to improve physical motor control function by controlling computer mice and prosthetic limbs.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2025
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Following the American Civil War in 1860, more advanced wooden limbs with rubber cushioning were created to meet the needs of new amputees.—
Kyle MacNeill,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The pilot is eying a June shoot in Atlanta, sources said.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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The idea is that, if a model is busy with a shoot in New York, their digital likeness can be used instead of a shoot that would have otherwise needed to take place in Los Angeles on the same day.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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That would be the Park East Freeway, an underused spur that was removed in the 2000s and replaced by a boulevard and the Deer District, an entertainment area for sports and concerts.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their new Kore Agent Platform, announced today, is an outgrowth of the company’s work helping customers leverage AI.—
Dean DeBiase,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Next there was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an outgrowth of the 2008 financial collapse and a long standing target of the financial services industry.—
Claudia Weicker,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Successful adaptation to political changes in America lies in the symbiotic relationship between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement Musk, the Tesla chief who purchased Twitter and has vowed to populate Mars, has been a colossal distraction and a magnet for controversy from what should be a unified Republican team in control of the House, the Senate, and the executive branch.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The announcement followed several ethnic armed groups and the NUG – an offshoot of lawmakers deposed in the coup – in declaring temporary pauses in fighting.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, an offshoot of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, is an association of groups that help provide services to communities affected by disaster.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Everything inside is for sale, including the squirrel and deer portraits, the linen curtains and the twig chandelier.—
Katie Sweeney,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Trump Administration could trim twigs from its org chart, or take an axe and lop off entire limbs, erasing whole offices.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Branchlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branchlet. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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