| The Crows were an offshoot of the Hidatsas, and they made summer journeys east to trade with the descendants of their forebears. |
| Around the time of Epicurus, a number of offshoot sects of Cyrenaicism sprung up. |
| The drop-top was not engineered as an offshoot of a coupe that would have its roof removed during the manufacturing process. |
| The product was developed as an offshoot of the biological warfare programme. |
| The luminous mould has been developed by researchers at the commercial offshoot of the school of biological sciences at Edinburgh University. |
| In some cases, a start-up's rescuer turns out to be the offshoot of a big company that is sweeping up many small players. |
