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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
diverge
/daɪˈvɜːdʒ/
verb
To separate and go in different directions.
- “The two trends diverge after the first decade.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))