hive off
verb
hived off; hiving off; hives off
chiefly British : to break away from or as if from a group : become separate
chiefly British : to make separate: such as
a
: to remove from a group
hive off the rookies for special training
b
: to assign (assets, responsibilities, etc.) to another
c
: spin off
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ByteDance is now close to finalizing a plan to hive off the video service in the US, which will ensure the platform survives while loosening the Chinese company’s control. —
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025 So, this executive guessed Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison will hive off CBS (more on CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss later) and keep NBC to entice Roberts to sell. —Alex Sherman, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025 Charter cities are attempts to hive off a real piece of land, usually from a country with poor sovereignty itself and establish basically a corporate fiefdom. —Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 20 Nov. 2025 Robinson Land, controlled by Lance Gokongwei and his family (No. 14), in June hived off nine of its 56 shopping malls into a commercial REIT to bankroll expansion plans. —Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hive off
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025 So, this executive guessed Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison will hive off CBS (more on CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss later) and keep NBC to entice Roberts to sell. —Alex Sherman, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025 Charter cities are attempts to hive off a real piece of land, usually from a country with poor sovereignty itself and establish basically a corporate fiefdom. —Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 20 Nov. 2025 Robinson Land, controlled by Lance Gokongwei and his family (No. 14), in June hived off nine of its 56 shopping malls into a commercial REIT to bankroll expansion plans. —Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hive off
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