diverge

Example Sentences

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In this single lake, more than 800 species have emerged from a shared ancestor in far less time than it took humans and chimpanzees to diverge.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Where they diverge, and where the harder questions lie, is on inflation.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Women and men start off relatively equal when they enter the workforce, but within a few years, their earning paths diverge.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Veterans, or those who have been “in the trenches,” tend to have an intuitive sense of where the models diverge from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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