diverged

verb

past tense of diverge
1
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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2
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 This week, however, their paths diverged. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2026 This is where being right on the fundamentals and right on the stock diverged. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 29 June 2026 Their paths have dramatically diverged since. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 27 June 2026 Even though Toyota and Subaru jointly developed their six pack of EVs, the brands diverged on the steering wheel. — Robert Duffer, AJC.com, 19 June 2026 Where the sources diverged more meaningfully is in explaining why institutions haven’t intervened—and each offered a different piece of the puzzle. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026 States controlled by Democrats and those led by Republicans have diverged in recent years over gun legislation, with some Republican states passing laws to relax firearm restrictions. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 Mamdani diverged from Democratic leaders by backing candidates who were unafraid to openly criticize Israel and advocate for ambitious economic policies. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 June 2026 The term stems from Antisthenes, a Socratic student, whose philosophy diverged significantly from Plato's. — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diverged
  1. deviated
  2. separated
  3. turned
  4. parted
  5. swung
  6. divided
  7. forked
  8. retreated
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  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
    — Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Paraguay seemed to fade after the Mbappé goal, but turned it on again late, forcing Mike Maignan to make his first save of the day about 89 and a half minutes into the match.
    — Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of turned
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  • The body of her bouffant hair was parted over the left side of her head, with pieces tickling the top of her forehead.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of parted
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  • Bobrovsky’s hope didn’t truly run out until Florida swung a trade for Jacob Markstrom, a deal that was finalized early Tuesday afternoon.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Never count out Tim Connelly, who swung the massive trades that brought Gobert and Ball to Minnesota and shipped off Karl-Anthony Towns days before training camp two years ago, but the Wolves will likely be looking elsewhere for a starting forward.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of swung
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  • Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
  • Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • The joy on their faces when asked about their favorite parts of Messi’s performance was exactly what Jordan and probably many other families who forked over the money and sat through the chaos of the entry process hoped for.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
  • The victim, who’d never met Cutaia but knew of his crimes, forked over $850.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
Definition of forked
Verb
  • Meghan and Harry retreated from the royal spotlight in 2020, sparking global controversy and dividing opinion in Britain.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • McBreairty then retreated into the riverbed, and SWAT officers were called in to assist with the search, as were members of the Police Department’s Emergency Negotiation Team.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of retreated

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