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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

Martin’s books may recognize that this diverges from the written version of Westeros lore.

From Salon Jun. 24, 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

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

When the medium of exchange diverges in value from the ultimate standard, as in the case of the American Greenbacks during the period from 1862 to 1879, we have, sometimes, shifting relations among the functions.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

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

This allows them to live significantly longer than closely related species from which they diverged relatively recently in evolutionary time.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

But their interests quickly diverged after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and choked off oil and gas supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

I feel like the traveler in Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”: “Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

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

But the calls highlight the two allies’ diverging interests as they contemplate the end of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Bank of America wrote that its diverging views on the two stocks is based on ServiceNow being an AI beneficiary while Salesforce is likely to see a structural reset.

From Barron's May 18, 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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