DIVERGING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

diverging

verb

present participle of diverge

as in deviating

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 separating

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 diverging The oil supply crisis has pushed both environmental advocates and the oil and gas industry to call for energy security, though from diverging standpoints. —

Chaewon Chung april 13, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Four years on from its last season, and various other press tours, brand ambassadorships, and diverging lives later, there emerged distinctly different red carpet aesthetics. —

Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026 Fragile truce The ceasefire, holding together a group of parties with sharply diverging interests, also leaves questions open over whether resumed peace talks will yield meaningful results without renewing tensions. —

Anniek Bao,sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026 The bones of a diverging diamond intersection have been laid at the site, which straddles the border between Kansas City and Lee’s Summit, cutting along View High Drive. —

Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026 The exchange was a distillation of their diverging postures toward the war that their boss has launched in Iran. —

Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Analysts say the targeting of universities, and Iran’s threats of retaliation against academic institutions abroad, point to a widening conflict and potentially diverging objectives among the parties involved. —

Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 That’s partly because the country sits atop the boundary of two diverging tectonic plates; it’s constantly being pulled in two. —

Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 With Arirang, this group of now mostly 30-somethings looks to satiate their diverging interests while also filling out the set list for an upcoming world-stadium tour that might outsell Taylor Swift’s Eras. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026

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Accordingly, the warring factions have competed to depict themselves as the true embodiment of MAGA and paint their rivals as undermining Trump or deviating from his precepts.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
It’s suddenly seemed like deviating from the plan in the name of competing for the Stars and Stripes was a real possibility.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026