delta

Example Sentences

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Perseverance was dispatched to the Jezero Crater because it showed qualities that may have meant it was once conducive to life, including signs it was once a delta when Mars could sustain liquid surface water.

From BBC

Young salmon — roughly 4 inches long — need strong river flows to carry them through the delta, into San Francisco Bay and out the Golden Gate.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

Patient levels this month are double what they were during the delta wave, and many visits at that time were virtual, he said.

From Seattle Times

But the delta variant was about to cause alarming surges across the country.

From Seattle Times