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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction
the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx
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as in separated
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 diverged
Where the sources diverged more meaningfully is in explaining why institutions haven’t intervened—and each offered a different piece of the puzzle.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
States controlled by Democrats and those led by Republicans have diverged in recent years over gun legislation, with some Republican states passing laws to relax firearm restrictions.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
This is where being right on the fundamentals and right on the stock diverged.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
29 June 2026
Their paths have dramatically diverged since.
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Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
The term stems from Antisthenes, a Socratic student, whose philosophy diverged significantly from Plato's.
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Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Mamdani diverged from Democratic leaders by backing candidates who were unafraid to openly criticize Israel and advocate for ambitious economic policies.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 June 2026
Even though Toyota and Subaru jointly developed their six pack of EVs, the brands diverged on the steering wheel.
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Robert Duffer,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
This week, however, their paths diverged.
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Ned Temko,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2026
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
States controlled by Democrats and those led by Republicans have diverged in recent years over gun legislation, with some Republican states passing laws to relax firearm restrictions.
—
ABC News,
1 July 2026
This is where being right on the fundamentals and right on the stock diverged.
—
Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
29 June 2026
Their paths have dramatically diverged since.
—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
The term stems from Antisthenes, a Socratic student, whose philosophy diverged significantly from Plato's.
—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Mamdani diverged from Democratic leaders by backing candidates who were unafraid to openly criticize Israel and advocate for ambitious economic policies.
—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 June 2026
Even though Toyota and Subaru jointly developed their six pack of EVs, the brands diverged on the steering wheel.
—
Robert Duffer,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
This week, however, their paths diverged.
—
Ned Temko,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diverged
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And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
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She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.
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In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures.
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While first stage successfully separated, the second stage engine did not get it into orbit.
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Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
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Paraguay seemed to fade after the Mbappé goal, but turned it on again late, forcing Mike Maignan to make his first save of the day about 89 and a half minutes into the match.
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The body of her bouffant hair was parted over the left side of her head, with pieces tickling the top of her forehead.
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Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt.
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Bobrovsky’s hope didn’t truly run out until Florida swung a trade for Jacob Markstrom, a deal that was finalized early Tuesday afternoon.
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Never count out Tim Connelly, who swung the massive trades that brought Gobert and Ball to Minnesota and shipped off Karl-Anthony Towns days before training camp two years ago, but the Wolves will likely be looking elsewhere for a starting forward.
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Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
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The joy on their faces when asked about their favorite parts of Messi’s performance was exactly what Jordan and probably many other families who forked over the money and sat through the chaos of the entry process hoped for.
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The victim, who’d never met Cutaia but knew of his crimes, forked over $850.
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Padres left fielder Jase Bowen retreated to the ivy and made a leaping catch.
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Armand gives a recap of the events leading up to and following the Trial of season two, saying that Lestat retreated to Magnus’s tower for the latter half of the 20th century, and never reached out to Louis to expose the truth about Armand orchestrating Claudia’s murder.
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