branched off

Over the years, the gang has grown and branched off into countless “sets” across Southern California and other parts of the country, who signal their allegiances by wearing hats of sports teams like Philadelphia Phillies or Washington Nationals.

Previous write-ups from other reputable sources indicate that a charitable organization called Healing the Children, which has since branched off into another group, Mending Kids, had been instrumental in raising funds and arranging travel for the twins.

Without even pausing, the two sprouts spiraled around each other, then branched off together in a third direction.

And when the researchers reconstructed a viral family tree based on the newly sequenced viruses and other viral genes, they concluded that the hot spring viruses branched off very early in viral history.

According to this revision, flamingos and their close relatives, grebes, belong to a group known as Mirandornithes, which branched off from other birds early on.