diverge
verb (used without object)
to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
is diverging
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present progressiveof diverge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Beneath the surface, however, leadership within the fund is diverging.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
With “R.U.N,” Cirque is diverging from the core circus arts that made it famous in favor of a 40-person cast of stunt drivers, martial arts experts, pyrotechnic performers and freak-show artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2019
Time tracked by atomic clocks is diverging from time as determined by that most basic of timepieces: the rotating Earth.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2015
They’ve been told that everyone grows up a certain way, and now their own way is diverging from that.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
