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

The work, however, is no more than a Band-Aid, as Swinomish, state and federal agencies study the potential for breaching the jetty and restoring the river delta.

From Seattle Times

But for the moment, the whole thing sounds like an unpredictable river delta, where small islands appear and disappear as the currents of funding, public outcry and city hall urgency ebb and flow.

From Seattle Times

Gandhi noted that Singapore shifted to tracking hospitalization admissions in September 2021 after they weathered the delta variant surge.

From Salon

The atomic bomb scorched Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people and destroying most of the river delta city’s buildings.

From Washington Times