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diverge

[dih-vurj, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrdʒ, daɪ- /




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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

But as they mature their lives diverge, in part because Lenù’s parents can afford to keep her in school and Lila’s cannot.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Or are they simply the result of the random loss of gene variants as populations become isolated and slowly diverge over time?

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

“If the vote were to end in a tie, Deputy Governor Himino, acting as chair, would make the deciding call—but his decision would not diverge from Governor Ueda’s intentions,” JPMorgan’s Ayako Fujita said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Pollard and Woolf returned to the United States, where racing had been relegalized, and their careers began to diverge.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Directionally, the survey diverges from another big independent survey of consumers, published by the University of Michigan, which showed sentiment ticking higher in January as it bounced off near-record lows reached late last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Campbell makes the point “when the physical diverges so sharply from the paper like this, one of them is wrong and historically, it’s not physical.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

At Modena the main line to Verona through Suzzara and Mantua diverges to the N.; there is also a branch N.N.E. to Mirandola, and another S. to Vignola.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

If their views diverged, they listened to each other instead of silently preparing a counterargument.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The framework follows genome evolution across three broad stages: before ancestral species diverged, during their separate evolutionary histories, and after their genomes merged.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

As you can see from the chart below, on each past occasion when bitcoin has diverged from its fair-value line, it has subsequently reverted.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

Maybe his father had changed, diverged from his mother.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

If I were on patrol to figure out where online subcultures were diverging from political reality, I’d start there.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

“We are concerned that housing demand and supply are set on diverging courses,” a team of analysts led by Ivy Zelman wrote in a 2021 examination of demographic trends.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Different festivals appear to have adopted markedly different pricing strategies - such as moving to day events or offering less camping - leading to diverging real costs for music lovers across the UK festival circuit.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Rather than uniting the Gulf countries against their common opponent, the war has deepened a schism between Saudi Arabia and the Emirates in which the two have taken diverging approaches to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

On the other side of the world, beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the tectonic plates are moving apart, or diverging, which creates a more stable seismic environment.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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