as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
a spin-off of the popular television series
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Recent Examples of spin-off
While FedEx prepares for a leadership change following a massive structural spin-off, Critical Loop is securing the capital necessary to fix America’s bottlenecked power grid.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
The franchise owes its origins to the 1994 Stargate movie starring Kurt Russell, but the spin-off TV series SG-1 arrived in 1997.
—Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The actress famously portrayed Kelly Taylor in the original series as well as the 2008 spin-off series, 90210.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Among the celebrities taking part alongside Mills in the celebrity spin-off were JoJo Siwa, Sugababes singer Mutya Buena and actors Rose Ayling-Ellis and Ambika Mod, among others.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
The franchise owes its origins to the 1994 Stargate movie starring Kurt Russell, but the spin-off TV series SG-1 arrived in 1997.
—Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The actress famously portrayed Kelly Taylor in the original series as well as the 2008 spin-off series, 90210.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Among the celebrities taking part alongside Mills in the celebrity spin-off were JoJo Siwa, Sugababes singer Mutya Buena and actors Rose Ayling-Ellis and Ambika Mod, among others.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spin-off
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The agency also cleared an early-stage clinical trial for noribogaine hydrochloride, a derivative of ibogaine, as a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder.—
Brandon Gomez,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Petroleum derivatives also are used in a lot of packaging.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Five years after he was killed, in response to political unrest, the government increased the derivation fund to 13 percent for oil-producing states.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Wall Street is also taking notice of the chipmaker as a derivate play of Alphabet’s growing AI dominance.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
24 Nov. 2025
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With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Spin-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spin-off. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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