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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

Zoledronate increased the number of available gamma delta T cells and improved their ability to identify the lung cancer tumors.

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

In 18 of the 40 deltas, this downward movement, known as subsidence, already exceeds local sea-level rise.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026

Researchers used advanced satellite radar systems to measure changes in surface elevation across deltas on five continents.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026

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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