divergent
adjective
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In reality, the separation of William and Harry's households is more indicative of how the two brothers are on divergent paths within the royal family. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "What It Really Means that Prince Harry and Prince William's Royal Households Are Splitting," 15 Mar. 2019 Those divergent stories highlight the inherently flawed nature of NCAA investigations. — Pete Thamel, SI.com, "The Case Against Ole Miss: amid significant allegations, will the NCAA find smoke or fire in Rebels' football program?," 29 June 2016 Trump, who governs largely by impulse and instinct, lacks a clear traditional governing ideology on a range of topics, heightening divergent viewpoints. — chicagotribune.com, "Confusion, squabbling undermine Trump's steps forward on the world stage," 20 May 2018 Rand’s move to join forces with a property manager is somewhat divergent from the other two major platforms. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "The single-family rental industry is starting to consolidate," 11 Dec. 2018 Those offices filed separate and at times conflicting sentencing memorandums on Friday, suggesting divergent views of how forthcoming Mr. Cohen has been with law enforcement. — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, "Cohen Gave Significant Help on Russia Probe, Mueller Team Says," 7 Dec. 2018 Despite using the same internal technology, the Aeon Flow Open and Closed models have fundamentally divergent characters. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "MrSpeakers Aeon Flow headphones review: songs of ice and fire," 30 July 2018 Here, two Vogue editors discuss their wildly divergent habits. — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, "Refund Policy: One Vogue Writer Is a Compulsive Returner, the Other Keeps Absolutely Everything," 18 July 2018 Two slayings by the same person with divergent reasons would be two murder charges. — Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle, "Houston father accused in honor killings begins death penalty trial," 24 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'divergent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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