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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction
the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx
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as in separated
to go or move in different directions from a central point
at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge
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Recent Examples of diverged
Lam kept making new highs while RSI diverged lower.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
But the school left the conference in the 1960s as its academic ambitions and football capabilities diverged.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 19 Dec. 2025
The experiment found that the southeastern polar bears of Greenland have diverged genetically from their northeastern counterparts, who live in a colder part of the region and were separated from each other roughly 200 years ago.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2025
Non-prototypical Santas included people who diverged significantly from the traditional image, such as women, people of color and those with visible disabilities or religious attire.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But Gerber’s cozy jacket diverged from the rest of her color palette, in a sumptuous, inky blue.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
While both businesses are large and have been sharpening their tech chops under current leadership, performance has diverged.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
But last Sunday’s race was made even better because the strategies from all the front-running drivers diverged.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Though views diverged from one person to the next, there were obvious areas of overlap that allowed for discussion and cross-pollination.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
But the school left the conference in the 1960s as its academic ambitions and football capabilities diverged.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 19 Dec. 2025
The experiment found that the southeastern polar bears of Greenland have diverged genetically from their northeastern counterparts, who live in a colder part of the region and were separated from each other roughly 200 years ago.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2025
Non-prototypical Santas included people who diverged significantly from the traditional image, such as women, people of color and those with visible disabilities or religious attire.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But Gerber’s cozy jacket diverged from the rest of her color palette, in a sumptuous, inky blue.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
While both businesses are large and have been sharpening their tech chops under current leadership, performance has diverged.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
But last Sunday’s race was made even better because the strategies from all the front-running drivers diverged.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Though views diverged from one person to the next, there were obvious areas of overlap that allowed for discussion and cross-pollination.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diverged
Verb
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Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Everything should have been the same for Amorim at United in theory, except there was a curious moment on day one when the Portuguese deviated from the script.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Per the Hindu, Das' head had been separated from his body in the attack.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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This design consists of an aluminum (Al) foil anode current collector, an S8 cathode, sodium dicyanamide (NaDCA) in a non-flammable chloroaluminate electrolyte, separated with a glass fiber.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bryant turned the ball over 17 times and allowed Jonesboro (13-7, 1-1) to score repeatedly in transition.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Owens turned herself into Long Beach police Wednesday, and she was booked on $200,000 bail.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The full cut is completed with soft layers that are subtly parted in the front to bring more movement.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
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Her long, dark hair was parted in the center and styled in soft waves.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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At the end of Monday's live Atlas demonstration, the humanoid prototype swung its arms in a theatrical gesture to introduce a static model of the new product version of Atlas, which looked slightly different and was blue in color.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Chiefs’ special teams also never swung the field with a return for a touchdown.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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These passages reflect how divided the planet once was, how easily myths about the United States could become rooted in other countries.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Or that, even worse, it would be arbitrarily divided into episodes in order to inflate the view count and/or pander to short attention spans (Eywa wept).—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The path forward may be forked, one way favoring the young passer's development and the other allowing for stabler hands to steady the ship.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
18 Nov. 2025
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Carrot seeds sown in the ground need consistent moisture to germinate reliably and even growth requires perfectly uniform soil so as not to develop twisted shapes or forked roots.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Unsurprisngly, Meg White, who retreated from public life and hasn’t been heard from for over a decade, was a no-show.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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People retreated in fear that more would come.—
Kim Lane Scheppele,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Diverged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diverged. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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