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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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At 7% owned he's a fun differential that has a high ceiling.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Mercury, a large Los Angeles-based insurer, charged the highest differential, though it offered lower rates to widowed motorists with 34 or more years of driving experience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

One said he would keep working on partial differential equations, one said he wanted to experiment with artificial intelligence and one said she had absolutely no idea.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Professor Chapman believes that the most powerful coronal mass ejections are driven by differential rotation.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

And he said, “Go ahead,” and then someone else raised a hand and answered some question about some kind of differential equation.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Ultimately, interest-rate differentials are what pose the biggest obstacle to the yen’s appreciation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Also, Australia-U.S. yield differentials continue to point lower for the currency pair, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

“So you’ve got the increasing rate differentials between the U.S. and the rest of the world,” said Jeff Klingelhofer, managing director and portfolio manager for Aristotle Pacific Capital.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

“The magnitude of the high/low price differentials is astonishing,” said the report’s Len Sherman, an executive-in-residence at Columbia Business School who has written extensively on the economics of the ride-hail industry.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Together we discussed and gravely considered the relative merits of side compression straps, spindrift collars, crampon patches, load transfer differentials, air-flow channels, webbing loops, and something called the occipital cutout ratio.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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