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diverge

[dih-vurj, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrdʒ, daɪ- /




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Hammack said she sees a forecast as a yardstick and not a prediction: a way to measure her expectations against reality and adjust as the two diverge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

But his content can often diverge sharply from reality.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

This is where things diverge because I’d maybe go catch a movie at CityWalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

That language was pioneered in English, where, for example, ‘experience’ and ‘experiment’ began to diverge in meaning during the seventeenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But here is where the new theology diverges most sharply from the old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

The scene, like much of the film, diverges from her novel.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

In medical terminology the term abnormal is applied to every subject who diverges so clearly from the average as to constitute a pathological anomaly.

From Mentally Defective Children by Alfred Binet

UC admissions data for fall 2026 show a record number of Californians were admitted, even as acceptance rates diverged sharply between its most and least selective campuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The researchers also noted that jellyfish, which diverged from humans about 600 to 700 million years ago, possess two nervous systems positioned at different ends of their bodies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Those projections, and accompanying transcripts, show a policymaker whose views on inflation diverged from those of his colleagues as the 2007-09 crisis receded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Near the quarry, the dirt road diverged, and to the right the general prisoners trooped off to the rock quarry.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"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

But as the artificial-intelligence trade progresses, these megacap tech stocks are increasingly diverging in performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Jus, if Melo and SJ are diverging paths on the road of life, you’re headed for a dead end, my friend.”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone




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