delta

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Given the nature of delta hedging options, their activity, especially when approaching option expiry, can amplify or exaggerate market moves significantly.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife wrote that it is concerned about weakened protections for winter-run and spring-run chinook salmon, steelhead trout, delta smelt and longfin smelt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Ms. Low rehashes that old story, but concedes the delta is at least partially a product of the fact that “many women want to spend time at home with their children.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Many of its largest cities -- including Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong -- sit in delta regions made of soft, water-saturated sediment that naturally sinks over time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

To their right, the Phlegethon split into branches that etched the plain, widening into a delta of smoke and fire.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan