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as in deviated
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 separated
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 diverged
That is where their paths diverged.
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
But views diverged on the other two groups.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Still, dogs and wolves split from each other some fifteen thousand years ago, and their genes have diverged over that time.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
But since then, their fortunes have diverged.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
Sade and Mina used to be inseparable but their lives have diverged and their memories don’t match up.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Other people will take different things to be true because their paths—owing to differences in diligence or chance—diverged from ours.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The analysis also suggests that the Fijian iguanas diverged from their American ancestors between 34 million and 30 million years ago, settling around the same time as the volcanic formation of the Fijian archipelago, Scarpetta said.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Our group diverged from this objectively human-centric definition, opting for a more organic approach to intelligence.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
But views diverged on the other two groups.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Still, dogs and wolves split from each other some fifteen thousand years ago, and their genes have diverged over that time.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
But since then, their fortunes have diverged.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
Sade and Mina used to be inseparable but their lives have diverged and their memories don’t match up.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Other people will take different things to be true because their paths—owing to differences in diligence or chance—diverged from ours.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The analysis also suggests that the Fijian iguanas diverged from their American ancestors between 34 million and 30 million years ago, settling around the same time as the volcanic formation of the Fijian archipelago, Scarpetta said.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Our group diverged from this objectively human-centric definition, opting for a more organic approach to intelligence.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
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