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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 added up over the decades, the divergences are sometimes stark.
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Gorman believes China policy is where there is the most potential for consequential foreign policy divergence.
—Sarakshi Rai, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
This divergence implies that the selling pressure is beginning to alleviate, and a potential bottom could be imminent.
—David Keller, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
What's more, the Nation's Report Card highlights some worrying divergence happening within those scores.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for divergence
Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Gorman believes China policy is where there is the most potential for consequential foreign policy divergence.
—Sarakshi Rai, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
This divergence implies that the selling pressure is beginning to alleviate, and a potential bottom could be imminent.
—David Keller, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
What's more, the Nation's Report Card highlights some worrying divergence happening within those scores.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divergence
Noun
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Any deviation, good or bad, is likely to play out on the margins.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The intervention and reasoning — that a powerful defendant could be too occupied with official duties to face accountability for alleged crimes — marked an extraordinary deviation from long-standing Justice Department norms, which typically afford independence to federal prosecutors.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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In 2012, for example, 49% of Americans responding to the General Social Survey, a long-standing national survey that measures societal change, said Black-white differences in income, housing and jobs were due to a lack of willpower on the part of Black people.—
Karyn Vilbig,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2025
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If learning the difference in roles that wielding a switch axe has in contrast to a hammer doesn’t sound complex enough there are elemental weaknesses and resistances to keep in mind around each monster.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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McBride declined to comment on whether the White House was involved in the Tate Brothers' departure from Romania.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet there’s also been a lack of leadership within the Bianconeri side, especially more so since the departure of Danilo, who fell down the pecking order under Motta at the beginning of the season.—
Emmet Gates,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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This case is a powerful example of how swarming leadership leverages cognitive diversity and real-time collaboration to solve problems no organization could handle alone.—
Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The case comes two years after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions programs in higher education and amid the Trump administration’s fierce efforts to root out programs that promote diversity.—
Adam Liptak,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Divergence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divergence. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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