divergent

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"With the rise of wearables and long-term tracking in humans, I'm excited to see whether the same principles -- early predictors, staged aging, divergent trajectories -- hold true in people."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

But in terms of their overall quality, the two films couldn’t be more divergent.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Economists are wrestling with two divergent scenarios for the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

It’s important to point out that Harvey is by no means guilty of hindsight bias in claiming not to be surprised by gold and bitcoin’s divergent reactions to Trump’s Greenland threats.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

If the river continued through the throat at less than sonic speed—that is to say, less than the speed of sound—it became compacted in the divergent section, bound in turmoil, and inefficient.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam