Example Sentences

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Next year, when they graduate high school, Angelina and Adar’s paths will diverge.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Over the years, their paths will diverge and recross as each struggles with the lingering effects of trauma.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

To hear him tell it, those two books will diverge from "Game of Thrones" in some pretty significant ways.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2022

Two initially parallel rays of light will diverge, and this is referred to as hyperbolic geometry.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The leaves of the electroscope will diverge with positive electricity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various