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diverge

[dih-vurj, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrdʒ, daɪ- /




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But it demonstrated how quietly prices can diverge when the shopper sees only the number assigned to her.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Both spent years working as community organizers, but now they diverge on issues such as policing and homeless policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The market can show “little mercy when expectations and reported figures diverge, and AI-related stocks quickly began to show cracks,” Lee added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

So I diverge a little from the law.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Bowes thinks how the development corporation diverges from the local council will be important to watch.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Swiss franc fell to a 16-month low against the dollar on Tuesday as the Swiss National Bank’s cautious stance on raising interest rates diverges from its peers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 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 main line serves Farnborough, Basingstoke, Whitchurch and Andover, and a branch diverges southward from Basingstoke for Winchester, Southampton and the New Forest and Bournemouth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

Tech firms diverged Thursday with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector's big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety about companies' investment and debt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

They have both grown since then—Apollo manages about $1 trillion, while Ares manages about $670 billion—but their strategies have diverged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Gallup numbers do not establish why Americans’ confidence has diverged so dramatically.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

"As our careers have gone on and our paths have diverged more and more... those conversations start to come more to the forefront."

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The ways in which domesticated animals have diverged from their wild ancestors include the following.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Flash PMI data showed that business activity is diverging across different markets as geopolitical and macroeconomic conditions affect the private sector and inflation to various extents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"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

Some prescient part of him saw the two paths diverging in the yellow wood.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon


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