How to Use delta in a Sentence

delta

noun
  • In April, the rover arrived at the 40-meter-tall cliff at the delta’s edge.
    Byeric Hand, science.org, 20 Sep. 2022
  • But things have changed in recent years — in the delta and across the country.
    Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Make sure to check the source of the delta 8 before making a purchase.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That changed last summer and fall, during the delta surge.
    Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
  • And during the spread of the delta variant, that risk was four times higher.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Now, over 100 sols later, the rover is well on its way to the Jezero delta.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 June 2022
  • This dropped to 44% with the delta variant, and 17% with the now prevalent omicron variant.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • Even if the booster shot were based on the delta variant, that variant passed through a long time ago.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 July 2022
  • Simply look at the delta between what Tesla does and GM.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Some groups slipped into corners of the delta rarely traversed by colonists.
    Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
  • The chenin blanc hails from Clarksburg, in the delta region near Sacramento.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
  • The crater's delta formed about 3.5 billion years ago at the convergence of a Martian river and a lake.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But the delta’s special status has not spared it from the extreme weather.
    Paul Hockenos, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Sierra Nevada storm could wash down the delta and flood every river and stream in the Bay Area.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That began to change with the delta variant that moved into the United States last summer and took over by the fall.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022
  • And those who survived delta faced the risk of catching the later omicron variant.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii and Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Their chenin blanc hails from Clarksburg, in the delta region west of Sacramento.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The pending update will set rules for the Sacramento River watershed and the rest of the delta.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The slope from ocean to land is also quite small, with a large regular range of tides amid large river deltas.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • But a few came out on top over the course of the pandemic, most prominently the delta and omicron variants.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Farmers also let their cows and pigs range freely in the delta, where the livestock overgraze and trample young trees.
    James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The soil samples were gathered at the base of an ancient river delta fanning out from the rim of Jezero Crater.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • On Earth, clay like this is found in the Mississippi River delta.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The depot is near the base of an ancient river delta that once flowed into Jezero Lake.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Where the Colorado River enters Lake Mead, a delta is being formed.
    Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The calamity occurred at a bridge construction site in the Mekong delta province, where the boy had been searching with friends for scrap iron.
    Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The past two years have been fraught — 2020 was a mix of drive-in and virtual screenings and last year’s was a bit overshadowed by the delta variant.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The cozy patio with a barbecue and fire pit, and a jacuzzi offers an incredible view of the delta.
    Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • But for the time being, Williamson said, the current strains aren’t causing as much severe illness as the state saw during waves like the delta surge a year ago.
    Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 9 July 2022
  • Water is never in balance in Bangladesh, where rivers flowing from the Himalayas converge in the world’s largest delta.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023

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