diverging

verb

Definition of divergingnext
present participle of diverge
1
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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2
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 Synonyms for diverging
  1. separating
  2. retreating
  3. spreading
Verb
  • Symmetries broke, enabling the particles of the Standard Model to acquire a rest mass and separating the forces into four fundamental ones.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The homes were clustered together, with no streets separating them.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of separating
Verb
  • Record slip Stocks moved lower Thursday, retreating from the records the major indexes hit in the previous trading session.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In Iceland, glaciers cover about 10 percent of the country's area but are rapidly retreating.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of retreating
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  • By spreading the burden of some of the work traditionally carried out by the CIO, businesses are able to bring a greater diversity of skills and experience to the tasks of leading organization-wide digital transformation in 2025.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Minton had been spreading Christmas cheer as Santa since 2008.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of spreading
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