delta
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Norris does not use a display on his dashboard showing his progress compared with his previous lap, the so-called delta, as most other drivers do.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“It would be fine if it wasn’t in protected areas, but they want to urbanize—badly, in my opinion—the last pristine river delta in the Mediterranean,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
One example is delta waves, the slow and rolling electrical patterns commonly associated with deep sleep.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s also referred to as the delta sleep-inducing peptide.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Yes, everything was once water, but the Earth formed out of the oceans by a natural process—similar, he thought, to the silting he had observed at the delta of the Nile.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
A new study published in Nature finds that many of the world's largest river deltas are subsiding more quickly than global sea levels are rising, putting hundreds of millions of people at potential risk.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
Researchers used advanced satellite radar systems to measure changes in surface elevation across deltas on five continents.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
Her eyes were the same deep-set smiles as her son’s, with more extensive deltas of creases at the corners.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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