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
Revered producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss and drummer Deantoni Parks also bring their considerable chops to the mix, evoking divergent moods while maintaining a signature exuberance throughout.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
But in terms of their overall quality, the two films couldn’t be more divergent.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
The data paint a divergent financial picture of American workers’ finances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
And I didn’t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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