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differential

[dif-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl /










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Heisenberg: Cunha is arguably the best differential at United.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

One said he would keep working on partial differential equations, one said he wanted to experiment with artificial intelligence and one said she had absolutely no idea.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Professor Chapman believes that the most powerful coronal mass ejections are driven by differential rotation.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Perkins added that it predicts the dollar’s growth differential will narrow within the next 12 months as Asian and European economies – hit more heavily by the energy shock – begin to recover.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

Two years later he invented the differential calculus.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Interest-rate differentials, inflation trends and trade balances are usually thought of as drivers of foreign-exchange movement — but, increasingly, the drivers in the currency market are companies looking to expand their offerings in artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Also, Australia-U.S. yield differentials continue to point lower for the currency pair, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

“The magnitude of the high/low price differentials is astonishing,” said the report’s Len Sherman, an executive-in-residence at Columbia Business School who has written extensively on the economics of the ride-hail industry.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 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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