delta
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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
The following morning, bright and early to beat the heat, Olsi drove me the two hours from Tirana to the Vjosa Narta delta, which lies just north of the coastal city of Vlore.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Geological reconstructions indicate that the sediments containing the fossils formed in near-shore, shallow-water delta coastal environments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gamma measures how quickly an option’s delta changes as the underlying index moves, while net dealer gamma estimates how market makers’ exposure to the contracts they have sold, or bought, may influence their hedging activity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Our landing site is at the delta of a long-gone river.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
To assess the risk to China's deltas, the researchers combined geological records, measurements of land subsidence, and data on human impacts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 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
Her eyes were the same deep-set smiles as her son’s, with more extensive deltas of creases at the corners.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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