divergent

Example Sentences

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Rarely have the possible outcomes for the economy been so dramatically divergent as those laid out by Lazar and Weinberg.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

She’s not as concerned with settling differences as with understanding the thoughts and emotions animating the clashes of her divergent characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

"With the rise of wearables and long-term tracking in humans, I'm excited to see whether the same principles -- early predictors, staged aging, divergent trajectories -- hold true in people."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

The Pentagon also acknowledged the divergent approaches to the air campaign in a briefing Tuesday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

They are—after all this time, from Zundert to now, through all their ups and downs, their divergent and convergent paths—bound together, brothers, friends.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman