as in different
differing from another or others
The twins may look alike but they have divergent personalities.
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Recent Examples of divergent
Societies marked by divergent realities increasingly struggle to resolve disputes peacefully.
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Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
The idea refers to non-normative spaces in which a juxtaposition of scenes and stories allows the joining-together of divergent temporalities and locations in a way that defies patriarchal and authoritarian regulations of social and political topoi.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
And on each side are studies of contrasting styles and divergent personalities.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 28 Dec. 2025
The divergent origins of their respective autocracies sowed the seeds for the kinds of challenges that each country would eventually face.
—Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
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Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
The idea refers to non-normative spaces in which a juxtaposition of scenes and stories allows the joining-together of divergent temporalities and locations in a way that defies patriarchal and authoritarian regulations of social and political topoi.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
And on each side are studies of contrasting styles and divergent personalities.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 28 Dec. 2025
The divergent origins of their respective autocracies sowed the seeds for the kinds of challenges that each country would eventually face.
—Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divergent
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Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity after agents were involved in two different shootings this week, one that left a woman dead in Minneapolis and another that wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Just like its jogger counterpart, this hoodie comes in three different lengths and is carried up to a size 3XL.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Leia will sport an adventurous look while Han will wear his distinctive black Corellian vest.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Faithfull’s signature, distinctive, melodic, high-register vocals had defined her career, but her voice was permanently altered by severe laryngitis and her persistent drug abuse.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
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But beyond all that, the sports issue has brought out the reality of biology itself, underscoring the fact that femininity and masculinity are not just states of mind, and that men and women are irreversibly, insurmountably different and distinct in anatomy and physiology.—
Alanna Smith,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The stimulation produces a distinct physical sensation inside the nose.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Jan. 2026
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Based on the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, this story highlights the struggles of a diverse group of women who come together to survive more than the destruction of their city.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The study population was also largely White, relatively highly educated and had few co-occurring conditions, Holtzheimer said — so how SAINT may work for more diverse groups or ones with more than one diagnosis isn’t fully clear, though this wasn’t the point of the study.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Divergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divergent. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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