differential
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The Lakers were outrebounded by one in the two games with Kessler compared with a minus-23 rebounding differential during the first three preseason games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
So far this season the Chargers have the greatest negative point differential in the fourth quarter in the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The situation is so bad that even the Baltimore Orioles, who are in last place in the AL East, have a better run differential than the entire AL West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The Fed is also expected to embark on rate hikes next year, making it unlikely that the U.S.-Japan interest-rate differential will narrow dramatically.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ergo, if the Great One was a 4 and I am a 0, total size of the Dumper/Dumpee differential = -4.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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He adds that while stronger flows through the Strait of Hormuz are helping keep a lid on regional differentials “we doubt that Asian buyers are putting cargos into storage, especially at these high price levels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
A carry signal, one that follows interest-rate differentials between different currencies, has also had a positive impact, Feng notes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 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
Conflict in the Middle East has disrupted energy and freight markets, shifted trade flows and widened regional price differentials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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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Vocabulary lists containing differential
"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Epilogue
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4.3: Origins and Impact of the Western European Empires in the North Atlantic (Sources 1–9)
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 10
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