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delta

[del-tuh] / ˈdɛl tə /






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The price delta between base models is a non-trivial $7,300—which pushes the payback horizon to around nine years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

"The delta between parachute payment clubs and non-parachute payment clubs is going to significantly reduce, which makes the Championship a much more competitive league."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"For patients with lower gamma delta T cell levels, therapies such as zoledronate may offer a way to boost their cancer-fighting immune cells and responsiveness to treatments," Dr. Ng said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Norris does not use a display on his dashboard showing his progress compared with his previous lap, the so-called delta, as most other drivers do.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

And Ethir Anduin he saw, the mighty delta of the River, and myriads of sea-birds whirling like a white dust in the sun, and beneath them a green and silver sea, rippling in endless lines.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Several major deltas are experiencing especially rapid elevation loss, including those of the Mekong, Nile, Chao Phraya, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Mississippi, and Yellow rivers.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026

Over time, sediment carried by rivers built deltas at the head of the Gulf, cutting off tidal access to inland areas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025

In fifth-grade history we had spent a lot of time worrying about the flooded river deltas of the ancient world.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson


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