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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
Lam kept making new highs while RSI diverged lower.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
But the school left the conference in the 1960s as its academic ambitions and football capabilities diverged.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 19 Dec. 2025
The experiment found that the southeastern polar bears of Greenland have diverged genetically from their northeastern counterparts, who live in a colder part of the region and were separated from each other roughly 200 years ago.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2025
Non-prototypical Santas included people who diverged significantly from the traditional image, such as women, people of color and those with visible disabilities or religious attire.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But Gerber’s cozy jacket diverged from the rest of her color palette, in a sumptuous, inky blue.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
While both businesses are large and have been sharpening their tech chops under current leadership, performance has diverged.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
But last Sunday’s race was made even better because the strategies from all the front-running drivers diverged.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Though views diverged from one person to the next, there were obvious areas of overlap that allowed for discussion and cross-pollination.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diverged
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What’s more, a trove of federal reports obtained by The Times revealed federal contractors repeatedly deviated from their cleanup plans, possibly leaving dozens of properties with toxic ash and debris.—
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Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.—
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Law enforcement and Mishawaka school officials then separated the two groups, according to the Tribune, citing the report.—
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That closeness is part of what has always defined Echosmith, a band that has never fully separated life from art.—
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Bryant turned the ball over 17 times and allowed Jonesboro (13-7, 1-1) to score repeatedly in transition.—
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Owens turned herself into Long Beach police Wednesday, and she was booked on $200,000 bail.—
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Her hair was styled into a glamorous down style curled at the ends and parted to the side.—
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The club parted company with Enzo Maresca on New Year’s Day and Rosenior was in place as his successor only five days later.—
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The kids were up at daybreak, congregating beneath the parachute, having already swung on the rope swing, picked on one another, cried a little, and gotten into a cooler of sodas.—
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Today, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.—
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Iran’s opposition is weak, divided, largely in exile.—
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But our fragmented media landscape and the dominance of social media have left us polarized and divided.—
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The path forward may be forked, one way favoring the young passer's development and the other allowing for stabler hands to steady the ship.—
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Carrot seeds sown in the ground need consistent moisture to germinate reliably and even growth requires perfectly uniform soil so as not to develop twisted shapes or forked roots.—
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The victim retreated into the gym, and the suspect left the scene, according to police.—
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No longer a complete unknown wrapped in the Bob Dylan mystique, Chalamet has energized a balky awards circuit whose stars and filmmakers years ago had retreated from the rigors of self-promotion, with some still preferring to avoid it.—
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“Diverged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diverged. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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