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diverge

[dih-vurj, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrdʒ, daɪ- /




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In the elementary school years, their trajectories diverge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

As chromosome mixing accumulates over time, lineages continue to diverge.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

The dispersion index rises when investors’ expectations for how certain individual stocks will move begins to diverge with the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Based on what happened to PMI, this is the level where valuations begin to diverge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

And just past that, they saw tracks diverge from the road down to the river.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

In fact, Wilson argues that his view of a broadening in earnings growth and market leadership diverges from the Wall Street consensus.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Norton, the showrunner of Netflix’s “Finding Her Edge,” said much of that show’s plot diverges from Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

But this is where history diverges with expectations: After such a strong stretch, an analysis by Dow Jones Market Data shows that the average return for the following calendar year was just 4.6%.

From MarketWatch Dec. 28, 2025

For lawmakers, the effort diverges from much of the past two decades, when billions of dollars flowed into China’s tech sector from U.S. venture-capital firms, pension funds and endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

When the medium of exchange diverges in value from the ultimate standard, as in the case of the American Greenbacks during the period from 1862 to 1879, we have, sometimes, shifting relations among the functions.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson

This wouldn’t be the first time names for bodies of water have diverged around the world.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

She and I have diverged a lot over the years, but her voice is still strong and clear in my ear, and I’ve had so much fun writing for her again.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Rules diverged and were not globally standardised to seven-a-side until 1960.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

"We're essentially trying to create a tree that shows both the relationships of all the different species in the tree, while also calculating when those branches probably diverged," Dr. Churchill says.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

When the workingpeople began leaving their houses, the daybreak boys diverged, Mars Bar to the East End, Maniac to wherever.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

"China's economy continues to show diverging signals, as consumption and investment remain weak while industrial production maintains the momentum," Zhiwei Zhang, President and Chief Economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, wrote in an analyst note.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

These diverging proposals point to a lack of consensus in Congress - but also an urgency among some lawmakers to take action.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Performance among that “Magnificent Seven” group has been diverging in recent months.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

But for all their diverging allegiances, tribal relatives remained reluctant to kill one another.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The Line isn’t a single line but many, diverging and intersecting.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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