diverge

In a sentence

Six example sentences with diverge, each labelled with its topic.

• The two trails diverge at the stone marker, one climbing toward the ridge and the other dropping into the pines.

  Travel

• Below the dam the river channels diverge, sending half the water into a marsh that had been dry for years.

  Environment

• The two schools agree on the first three steps, then diverge sharply over whether knowledge requires certainty at all.

  Philosophy

• The two economies grew together for decades, then diverged sharply once one of them opened its ports to trade.

  Economics

• The twins played the same position through high school, then their careers diverged when one switched to coaching.

  Basketball

• The two versions of the software diverged after the split, and features added to one never reached the other.

  Technology

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More Academic words

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• appreciated
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• assigning
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• discretionary
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