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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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They surrendered 32 more runs than they produced, the same differential as the last-place New York Mets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

What’s more, the Patriots are minus-three in turnover differential, which is near the bottom of the league.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

As long as that differential is positive, it is a bullish sign for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

That was the main differential, according to him, that distinguished these two cases.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

If you’ve got an equation that tells you about the force that is being applied on an object, the differential equation reveals exactly how the object moves.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The won experienced sharp bouts of depreciation earlier this year, whipsawed by geopolitical headwinds that pushed up the dollar, concerns about domestic growth and rate differentials with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Brooks wants to see “yield support,” or a narrowing of interest-rate differentials between the dollar and the yen to justify a more long-term readjustment higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

TOKYO—The yen is under renewed pressure as fresh expectations of Federal Reserve monetary tightening dim the prospects of U.S.-Japan interest-rate differentials narrowing in the currency’s favor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Interest-rate differentials are usually the driver of forex rates because capital is attracted by higher returns.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Nevertheless, underneath all the mathematics, Leibniz’s differentials still had the same forbidden 0/0 nature that plagued Newton’s fluxions.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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