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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

After seven days of using the Hinoki oil, participants showed increased delta wave activity around the time they were falling asleep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The VSC is a system by which the cars are forced to drive to a specified lap-time delta while a hazard on track is cleared.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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

“Down Cairo way? Yeah. It’s in the delta of the Ohio and the Mississippi. Like Cairo in Egypt, in the Nile delta.”

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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

This research offers the first detailed, high-resolution analysis of elevation loss across 40 river deltas around the world.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 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

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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