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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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“We’re searching for every possible way to give ourselves an advantage,” said Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, whose team lost at Buffalo last Sunday despite five takeaways and a plus-four turnover differential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Our Turbo’s rear-wheel steering and torque-vectoring rear differential tightened every curve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

As long as that differential is positive, it is a bullish sign for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

That was the main differential, according to him, that distinguished these two cases.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Victory through airpower!” the NACA-ites repeated to each other, minding each decimal point, poring over differential equations and pressure distribution charts until their eyes tired.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

A shift in rate differentials could weigh on the appeal of Indonesia’s currency and bonds, but Destry sounded confident that the investment incentives BI has rolled out could maintain the attractiveness of Indonesian assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Though the expected rate differentials argue for dollar strength, there is a chance that the yen could regain ground in the near term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The won experienced sharp bouts of depreciation earlier this year, whipsawed by geopolitical headwinds that pushed up the dollar, concerns about domestic growth and rate differentials with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Interest-rate differentials have been key drivers of the currency market this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, underneath all the mathematics, Leibniz’s differentials still had the same forbidden 0/0 nature that plagued Newton’s fluxions.

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


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