delta

Example Sentences

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With desert accounting for most of the country's million square kilometres, the vast majority of Egypt's 108 million people -- the Arab world's largest population -- are stacked vertically along the Nile River and its delta.

From Barron's

Given the nature of delta hedging options, their activity, especially when approaching option expiry, can amplify or exaggerate market moves significantly.

From MarketWatch

Bureau of Reclamation recently notified California agencies that it plans to pump more water out of the delta into the southbound aqueducts of the federally operated Central Valley Project.

From Los Angeles Times

Perseverance was dispatched to the Jezero Crater because it showed qualities that may have meant it was once conducive to life, including signs it was once a delta when Mars could sustain liquid surface water.

From BBC

Ms. Low rehashes that old story, but concedes the delta is at least partially a product of the fact that “many women want to spend time at home with their children.”

From The Wall Street Journal