differential
Example Sentences
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In Sport mode, the threshold of torque differential between the front wheels goes up, helping put the power down when it’s called for.
At the same time, the Singapore jet-kerosene cash differential—the premium physical cargoes command over paper swaps—has also spiked, a sign that buyers are scrambling to secure prompt barrels.
From Barron's
Because of this, the FIA has defined a ramp-down slope for the electrical energy so that it does not all shut off at once, to reduce such significant speed differentials.
From BBC
The labor market differential, which measures the share of consumers saying jobs are “plentiful” minus the share saying jobs are “hard to get” ticked up from the last reading.
Perceptions of employment conditions improved slightly, with the labor market differential—the share of consumers saying jobs are “plentiful” minus the share saying jobs are “hard to get”—rising 0.6 percentage points to +7.4%.
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