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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

Analyses conducted by WEHI's genomics and bioinformatics teams revealed that patients with stronger gamma delta T cell signatures were among those who benefited most from immunotherapy.

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

The good news was that the flooding deposited rich, alluvial silt all over the fields, making the Nile delta the richest farmland in the ancient world.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Among the most important contributors are heavy groundwater pumping, oil and gas extraction, the compression of relatively young sediments in river deltas, and the weight of expanding urban areas.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

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

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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