diverged

verb

past tense of diverge
1
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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2
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 Markets and consumers have diverged in their opinions and outlooks over the past five years. — Derek Horstmeyer, Fortune, 31 July 2026 In the bond market, short-term and long-term yields diverged. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026 Tech leaders diverged over whether AI progress ought to slow. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 29 July 2026 With the genome sequencing, the researchers estimated that the bacteria in the two urine samples diverged from a common ancestor one to two years before the woman’s current state. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 Their interests have diverged over a number of issues, including oil quotas. — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 22 July 2026 Despite the promise for this tax to address critical housing, education, and healthcare needs, independent analyses have diverged sharply on the incremental tax revenues that California will actually collect. — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Genetic, anatomical and acoustic analyses confirmed that the monkey is a species that might have diverged from its closest relative around 4 to 6 million years ago. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Their trajectories have diverged and sometimes overlapped in the 125 years since their forebears moved through the same dusty streets on one November day. — CBS News, 12 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diverged
  1. deviated
  2. separated
  3. turned
  4. parted
  5. swung
  6. divided
  7. forked
  8. retreated
Verb
  • The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • Speaking before the Cassazione delivered its ruling, Spinelle had been coming to terms with being separated from his family for good.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In gases, such as air, atoms and molecules are separated from each other by lots of space.
    — Robin Macaluso, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • For two decades she's turned the science of human behavior into practical tools that help people communicate with confidence.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Cyber incidents have turned loss-of-control language into operational risk.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned
Verb
  • For an additional pop of color, Cardi wore her hair in an icy blue bob that was parted to the side and curled under at the ends.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • The photos also show how George tends to part his hair to his left, while William often parted his to his right.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 July 2026
Definition of parted
Verb
  • Out in the clean air, this pointer swung away from the compass to aim at the plume’s edge, several seconds before the fly physically turned to head back.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • It’s swung as low as $72 early this month and as high as $102 last week on uncertainty about whether the United States and Iran could reach a deal to allow oil tankers to move freely again from the Middle East to customers worldwide.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of swung
Verb
  • Via a points system, entrants will not only compete for prize money in individual races but also vie for a $5 million prize pool divided up based on the series’ final standings.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Congressional Republicans are headed into the home stretch ahead of a crucial midterm election year bitterly divided over their competing legislative priorities.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • In 2004, just months after Mark Zuckerberg created the social media platform, Thiel forked over $500,000 for a 10% stake in the budding company.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Because recycling operates as an industry, its aims are forked.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
Definition of forked
Verb
  • Exxon shares retreated about 2% in premarket trading on Friday as it’s adjusted per-share profit narrowly missed forecasts.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Out of possession, Benfica looked to man-mark higher up the pitch but retreated into their customary 4-2-3-1 shape as teams got forward, with the wingers moving infield as seen below.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of retreated

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