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delta

[del-tuh] / ˈdɛl tə /






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Given the nature of delta hedging options, their activity, especially when approaching option expiry, can amplify or exaggerate market moves significantly.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Bureau of Reclamation recently notified California agencies that it plans to pump more water out of the delta into the southbound aqueducts of the federally operated Central Valley Project.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Perseverance was dispatched to the Jezero Crater because it showed qualities that may have meant it was once conducive to life, including signs it was once a delta when Mars could sustain liquid surface water.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Ms. Low rehashes that old story, but concedes the delta is at least partially a product of the fact that “many women want to spend time at home with their children.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

To learn more about the dispute, I visited the delta of the Nis- qually River, at the southern tip of Puget Sound.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann