How to Use divergence in a Sentence

divergence

noun
  • This wide divergence of views can be seen in the pricing of Tesla options.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The many hands on the story also yield a broad narrative divergence from the source material.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • This is a major divergence from 2020, when movies would regularly hold the top position for multiple days at a time.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The pandemic has intensified a long-standing divergence in economic outcomes for higher- and lower-skilled workers.
    R. Glenn Hubbard, National Review, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The rising subprime delinquencies point to an uneven economic recovery and a deep divergence between those who can navigate the coronavirus downturn and those who can’t.
    Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Gardner says this divergence suggests that regional factors, such as land-use patterns and watershed-management practices, influence long-term river hue shifts.
    Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The lower the score, the worse the divergence in values.
    Walter J. O’Donnell, STAT, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The main tell of your divergence was what band was named on your shirt.
    Christopher Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Sometimes the small divergences are what add spice to the design.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The 2020 matchup marked a divergence point in the momentum of the two programs.
    Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Most damaging of all was the divergence between the cost of tickets and the success of the team.
    Rory Smith Ben Quinton, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • What is missing in the approach and why is there such a divergence?
    Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • What might once have been a point of deep divergence is now an area of overlap.
    Emily Tamkin, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • As the ratio was forming its low at the end of the year, the MACDs formed sharply higher lows and a strong bullish divergence.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The wildest divergence in these indices over the last four decades came around 2012, when WTI dropped sharply away from Brent.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 15 July 2022
  • The divergence is partly down to the stock performance of the companies in which the pair own shares.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The divergence in opinion was not limited to the Iraq war.
    Naima Green-Riley, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The divergence doesn’t mean one chain paid better than the other.
    Theo Francis, WSJ, 10 July 2021
  • One way to address such a divergence is to grow your customer base.
    Mike Shannon, Fortune, 6 June 2023
  • The reasons for the divergence of public opinion and court actions aren’t hard to find.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
  • The true divergence from events-apps past is, obviously, the branding, as is the case with many things.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The divergence from a comics-accurate design is also a bit of a let-down.
    Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • Collins and Kent didn’t seem to mind their divergence with Trump, however.
    Andrew Solender, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The divergence between the two Dow indexes is raising a red flag on Wall Street.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • This is along the lines of Darwin’s principle of divergence.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2023
  • This divergence was even greater in the counties that gave each side its biggest margins.
    Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • But there is a massive divergence on how well banks are doing.
    Antoine Gara, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • The weekly Nasdaq 100 A/D line dropped below the bullish divergence support at line c, just three weeks ago.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • That divergence in crime rates appears to be affecting the fortunes of the city’s leaders.
    Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The only divergence on Wall Street is whether borrowing costs will ease a quarter or a half of one percentage point.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024

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