divergent
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Opponents of ditching testing requirements argued that the exams are a key tool to uniformly predict academic success from students of divergent backgrounds, as well as schools that may issue grades differently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Washington often played mediator between European countries with divergent interests and historical grievances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He expects any criticism of US policies to be "vague and indirect", reflecting the sharply divergent interests within the expanded group.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The "divergent positions" of the other shareholders -- Britain's Shell, which wants to sell its 37.5-percent stake, and Italy's Eni, which owns eight percent -- "complicate the colossal investments" needed for the transition, Schairer said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was hitting us both, I assumed, that there were perhaps important things we hadn’t discussed, that we had perhaps divergent views on whether this was a temporary farewell or an outright, geographically induced breakup.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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