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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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“He talked about her in a very differential way,” Auletta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“We’re searching for every possible way to give ourselves an advantage,” said Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, whose team lost at Buffalo last Sunday despite five takeaways and a plus-four turnover differential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Conference Board’s survey of consumer confidence in September showed the biggest differential between answers to the question “jobs are plentiful” and “jobs are hard to get” in more than five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Joint Action: A wide U.S.-Japan yield differential has generated selling pressure on the yen for years, making it appealing for carry trades-in which investors borrow a cheap currency to buy higher-yielding assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

For Mary, differential equations were the first step.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

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

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, inflation trends and trade balances are usually thought of as drivers of foreign-exchange movement — but, increasingly, the drivers in the currency market are companies looking to expand their offerings in artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● 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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