How to Use divergence in a Sentence

divergence

noun
  • The divergence traces to the client mix.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
  • The main tell of your divergence was what band was named on your shirt.
    — Christopher Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The divergence comes down to math.
    — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 June 2026
  • That's the kind of divergence that precedes the next leg up.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What might once have been a point of deep divergence is now an area of overlap.
    — Emily Tamkin, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • When added up over the decades, the divergences are sometimes stark.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Without a doubt, deep points of divergence emerged.
    — Matthew Mayhew, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • One such divergence is a dream sequence that opens episode 2.
    — EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • What is missing in the approach and why is there such a divergence?
    — Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • One way to address such a divergence is to grow your customer base.
    — Mike Shannon, Fortune, 6 June 2023
  • Even so, her divergence plan will not be easy to get past the EU.
    — The Economist, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The stunning moment marked a divergence of sorts for the two teams.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Sometimes the small divergences are what add spice to the design.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • While there were small points of divergence, the vast bulk of their memories matched.
    — Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The divergence doesn’t mean one chain paid better than the other.
    — Theo Francis, WSJ, 10 July 2021
  • Just one or two higher closes could erase the divergence.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This divergence was even greater in the counties that gave each side its biggest margins.
    — Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Nicholas is still mostly the same person at first, and then there’s a real divergence.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
  • This divergence could lead to a shift through the adoption of microgrids.
    — Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That choice, to count food stamps as equivalent to cash, is by far the biggest point of divergence.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 5 June 2019
  • Over time, such divergence must lead to catastrophe.
    — Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That's still the case, but Monday marked the first notable divergence from this trend.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 7 May 2018
  • The film was a stark divergence from Stamp’s previous work.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • One factor behind the divergence is cost.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The divergence from a comics-accurate design is also a bit of a let-down.
    — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • This wide divergence of views can be seen in the pricing of Tesla options.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 27 Mar. 2021
  • That divergence has continued through the spring.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The divergence in the way the two men have chosen to handle racial flare-ups was perhaps inevitable.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • The reasons for the divergence of public opinion and court actions aren’t hard to find.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
  • However, that divergence may prove short-lived.
    — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026

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