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as in divergency
a movement in different directions away from a common point
a growing divergence of opinion about that U.S. president's place in history
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as in deviation
a turning away from a course or standard
any divergence from the community's strict moral code was met with social ostracism
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Recent Examples of divergence
When the Bundibugyo virus was first described, scientists warned that this divergence would complicate efforts to design diagnostics and vaccines against it.
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Klinger Soares Faico Filho, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
The 45-year-old congresswoman has also earned endorsements from other key Louisiana Republicans close to the president, such as Attorney General Liz Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry, who called out the senator's divergences.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Ana Paula Alves de Oliveira, founder and strategic director of Be Disobedient, said the divergence between Lee and Wrangler is less about product quality and more about narrative architecture.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
That divergence is why a Sicilian slice from a New York pizzeria can taste dramatically different from a slab of sfincione bought at a bakery in Palermo.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2026
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Klinger Soares Faico Filho, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
The 45-year-old congresswoman has also earned endorsements from other key Louisiana Republicans close to the president, such as Attorney General Liz Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry, who called out the senator's divergences.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Ana Paula Alves de Oliveira, founder and strategic director of Be Disobedient, said the divergence between Lee and Wrangler is less about product quality and more about narrative architecture.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
That divergence is why a Sicilian slice from a New York pizzeria can taste dramatically different from a slab of sfincione bought at a bakery in Palermo.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divergence
Noun
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Equally important, treat deviations from your targets with rigor.—
Thierry Brunel,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Each component must perform within narrow tolerances, particularly at extended distances where minor deviations can significantly affect accuracy.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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The difference is Giannis could be entering the final year of his contract.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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The obsession with a hundred has something to do with our attraction to round numbers, but, at that speed, every mile per hour does make a difference.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The existing political infrastructure has no way of accommodating migration on the coming scale, which will evacuate departure economies, and overwhelm destination societies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Though the Republican staffers’ departures are unrelated, their simultaneous exits leave Garcia with one less bridge to the Hill at a moment when US-Africa policy can least afford the disruption.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
18 May 2026
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The diversity of hormone function, from milk to mood, hunger to height, does not occur through the action of any single part of our anatomy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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For bottlenecked species whose numbers are so low that breeding carries a risk of inbreeding, making tiny tweaks to the DNA could create synthetic genetic diversity and expand the gene pool.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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“Divergence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divergence. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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