These could well be an offshoot of the Norse group above. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Is that the offshoot from the South Fork just above the Falls Creek Falls?. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream] Reference
A little later: The spoken language is an offshoot from the written language. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Torriglia is going to have a best-seller « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Southern Rock should clearly be an offshoot from the Blues, not from Psychadelic Rock. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
The likely offshoot is that Internet standards will become more inclusive of Internet users outside America. From Wordnik.com. [Web Translations » Blog Archive » Internet changes likely to impact international Web businesses] Reference
A big ask, but sometimes (if not this time) the Twitter offshoot is even better than the original fabrication. From Wordnik.com. [Being Don Draper « Innovation Cloud] Reference
A print offshoot is launching soon, and photographer Clayton James Cubitt was tapped to shoot a different kind of ink job for the magazine's premiere issue. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: April 4, 2004 - April 10, 2004 Archives] Reference
It is a retinoid offshoot, which is cognate to vitamin A and is the miracle drug hand-me-down in the treatment of acne. From Wordnik.com. [Article directories Celibataire Urbaine] Reference
(And BCN's "Indie" offshoot, which is available on HD radios and on the aforementioned app, is still churning out the Bright Eyes.). From Wordnik.com. [Idolator] Reference
According to RBS, the acquisition of the offshoot, which is located in Frankfurt, is expected to be completed by the third quarter. From Wordnik.com. [Bobsguide Financial Industry News] Reference
Europeans who still do so, should stop thinking of the USA as a European 'offshoot'. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Sam vs Surrender Monkeys] Reference
This reminds me of a tradition not well known in the West, an 'offshoot' of haiku called "renga". From Wordnik.com. [MetaHaiku] Reference
Which, being only about 70 years old, would probably be more accurately described as an "offshoot" or "scion" than a "root". From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: Isaac Newton's anti-Trinitarianism in the news.] Reference
I suggest our disagreement is over my loose use of the term "offshoot" instead of something like "influenced by these traditions". From Wordnik.com. [Darwin Strips Reality of Purpose?] Reference
Teza is an "offshoot" of Citadel (the Chicago-based mega hedge-fund). From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
It was originally a kind of offshoot from the American bar and grill-room of the Grand Hotel. From Wordnik.com. [The Gourmet's Guide to Europe] Reference
Notice I said 'Tea party conservatives' because I see them as an "offshoot" of traditional conservatism. From Wordnik.com. ["BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader]
Libertines, rightly so called, were a spiritual sect which sprang up in the course of the Reformation, a kind of offshoot of Anabaptism. From Wordnik.com. [Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation] Reference
The latest commercial move of Shi is to open franchised "offshoot" outside Henan Province, such as in southwest China's Yunnan Province. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The parodists are, in a way, an offshoot of this branch. From Wordnik.com. [Sense Of Humor] Reference
The NLA is an offshoot of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). From Wordnik.com. [Kosovo: Not Under Fire] Reference
Today rock, soul and their high-tech offshoot, hip-hop, are inescapable. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Five Years Later, We're Still Living In Woodstock Nation] Reference
Linux, an offshoot of the baffling UNIX system, is not ready for mass consumption. From Wordnik.com. [Bill In The Bull's Eye] Reference
Sources say a sizable chunk went to an offshoot of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition. From Wordnik.com. [The Democrats' Charity Shuffle] Reference
Relay is an offshoot, says his clients range from schools to businesses to police departments nationwide. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother's Big Business] Reference
There are at least four offshoot Mahdi leaders in Sadr City alone; some groups are taking orders from Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The goal has been to establish a collective response to threats from traffickers and the al-Qaida offshoot. From Wordnik.com. [Michel Germaneau, French Aid Worker, Executed By Al Qaeda Group In Africa] Reference
Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt despises Hamas — seen as an offshoot of its own outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes Ahmadinejad Smile?] Reference
One recent brainchild of the institute is Pragma Ingenieria, a bioengineering offshoot of the engineering firm Cervantes Gas. From Wordnik.com. [A Province That Works] Reference
According to the Minnesota-based non-profit Native Languages of the Americas, the Houmas are an offshoot of the Choctaw nation. From Wordnik.com. [Nikolas Kozloff: Oil and Cultural Genocide: From the Amazon to the Gulf] Reference
"In the Wild," an offshoot of the long-running "Nature," follows famous actors as they commune with their favorite wild animals. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Talk To The Animals] Reference
In the spectrum of adventure travel, heli-hiking an offshoot of heli-skiing, which preceded it occupies one of the smallest niches. From Wordnik.com. [Whirling Into the Forest Primeval] Reference
Both accuse the government of resorting to "pre-poll rigging" by openly organizing and aiding a pro-government offshoot of Sharif's PML. From Wordnik.com. [Power And Privilege] Reference
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