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[del-tuh] / ˈdɛl tə /






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It’s also referred to as the delta sleep-inducing peptide.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

For decades, so much water has been taken that the river seldom meets the sea in Mexico, and its delta, once filled with lush wetlands and forests, has shriveled to stretches of dry riverbed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Fishermen working the sea between the Irrawaddy delta and the coast of Mon state found several other bodies nine days later.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The strategy to carry customers over the delta between Play-Doh for kids and Play-Doh for adults starts with the new Blooms brand name.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

A Greek from the delta trading center of Nau- cratis, Cleomenes was an ambiguous Boss Tweed-like figure, chiefly remembered for swindling Egyptians and Greeks alike of enormous sums of money.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

Researchers used advanced satellite radar systems to measure changes in surface elevation across deltas on five continents.

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

A new study published in Nature finds that many of the world's largest river deltas are subsiding more quickly than global sea levels are rising, putting hundreds of millions of people at potential risk.

From Science Daily Apr. 20, 2026

In fifth-grade history we had spent a lot of time worrying about the flooded river deltas of the ancient world.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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