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as in to separate
to go or move in different directions from a central point
at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge
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Recent Examples of diverge
Elena holds her headstrong, intellectually gifted friend Lila in reverent admiration, but the girls’ paths diverge when Lila, who cannot afford to continue her education, marries an abusive man, while Elena goes to university and becomes a writer.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Where this world diverges from those other games is in the malleability of the code, which will evolve like life itself as the collective Throng grows and interacts with humans like Cam.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Still, dogs and wolves split from each other some fifteen thousand years ago, and their genes have diverged over that time.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The skills required to thrive here diverge sharply from those honed in traditional corporate environments.
—Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Where this world diverges from those other games is in the malleability of the code, which will evolve like life itself as the collective Throng grows and interacts with humans like Cam.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Still, dogs and wolves split from each other some fifteen thousand years ago, and their genes have diverged over that time.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The skills required to thrive here diverge sharply from those honed in traditional corporate environments.
—Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diverge
Verb
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Even Porziņģis missing time throughout the playoffs didn’t force the Celtics to deviate much from their plan.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The main function of the yeast deviated from producing good beer to simply being able to survive for an extraordinarily long period of time without its primary food source: barley sugar.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Since our family has been separated, I have been devastated and confused.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Those who have been separated from their belongings during the shooting will have the opportunity to retrieve them at a later date.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
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When efforts to repurpose it as a museum or hotel didn’t materialize, Okaloosa County officials stepped in with a forward-thinking plan: turn the SS United States into a reef teeming with life, a win-win boon to the marine environment and to eco-tourism.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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But in his second term, Trump's aggressive trade policies and confrontational stance toward America's allies are threatening to turn that populist wave into a dangerous undertow.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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The city is divided along sectarian lines: The south is home mostly to Sunni Muslims, while the northern neighborhoods are mostly Alawite.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Passengers are divided on the appropriateness of removing shoes during flights, citing comfort versus hygiene and safety.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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As clouds of thick smoke and dust began to part, the horror set in.—
Ashley Killough,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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The clouds parted, and Fuji-san emerged to show off its snowcapped peak before the clouds once again obscured it from view, leaving us instead to admire Suruga Bay below.—
Kristen E. Pope,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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As cartels have grown more adept at using social media, their influence in Mexican culture has spread.—
Antón Barba-Kay,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2025
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News of Baek-jin taking tens of thousands of dollars out of the burner account spreads discord among Baek-jin’s ranks, who are only in it for the money.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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The only question is how many hardcore Subaru fans are willing to fork over ¥8.6 million or around $60,000.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Meta reportedly tried to fork over $1 billion to settle In a call to the FTC’s chair Andrew Ferguson, Zuckerberg tried to convince the agency to settle its antitrust case for $450 million — and later $1 billion, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.—
Harri Weber,
Quartz,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Yankees’ second baseman then threw his helmet before retreating to the clubhouse.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Instead of an opportunity to gawk and marvel, The Silent Twins presents these two sisters — who retreated inside themselves and spoke only to each other for years — with a sense of complete individuality and autonomy.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Diverge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diverge. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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