How to Use delta in a Sentence

delta

noun

• In April, the rover arrived at the 40-meter-tall cliff at the delta’s edge.
  — Byeric Hand, science.org, 20 Sep. 2022
• But things have changed in recent years — in the delta and across the country.
  — Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
• Make sure to check the source of the delta 8 before making a purchase.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• That changed last summer and fall, during the delta surge.
  — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
• And during the spread of the delta variant, that risk was four times higher.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022
• Now, over 100 sols later, the rover is well on its way to the Jezero delta.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 June 2022
• This dropped to 44% with the delta variant, and 17% with the now prevalent omicron variant.
  — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Even if the booster shot were based on the delta variant, that variant passed through a long time ago.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 July 2022
• Simply look at the delta between what Tesla does and GM.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
• Some groups slipped into corners of the delta rarely traversed by colonists.
  — Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
• The chenin blanc hails from Clarksburg, in the delta region near Sacramento.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
• The crater's delta formed about 3.5 billion years ago at the convergence of a Martian river and a lake.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022
• But the delta’s special status has not spared it from the extreme weather.
  — Paul Hockenos, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
• Sierra Nevada storm could wash down the delta and flood every river and stream in the Bay Area.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2022
• That began to change with the delta variant that moved into the United States last summer and took over by the fall.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022
• And those who survived delta faced the risk of catching the later omicron variant.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii and Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
• Their chenin blanc hails from Clarksburg, in the delta region west of Sacramento.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
• The pending update will set rules for the Sacramento River watershed and the rest of the delta.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• The slope from ocean to land is also quite small, with a large regular range of tides amid large river deltas.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• But a few came out on top over the course of the pandemic, most prominently the delta and omicron variants.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• Farmers also let their cows and pigs range freely in the delta, where the livestock overgraze and trample young trees.
  — James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The soil samples were gathered at the base of an ancient river delta fanning out from the rim of Jezero Crater.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
• On Earth, clay like this is found in the Mississippi River delta.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• The depot is near the base of an ancient river delta that once flowed into Jezero Lake.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2023
• Where the Colorado River enters Lake Mead, a delta is being formed.
  — Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
• The calamity occurred at a bridge construction site in the Mekong delta province, where the boy had been searching with friends for scrap iron.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2023
• The past two years have been fraught — 2020 was a mix of drive-in and virtual screenings and last year’s was a bit overshadowed by the delta variant.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
• The cozy patio with a barbecue and fire pit, and a jacuzzi offers an incredible view of the delta.
  — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The deficits were seen among people infected with the virus in the early phase of the pandemic, as well as when the delta and omicron variants dominated.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
• But the net outmigration — the difference between people moving out of the delta and those moving in — more than tripled after 1999.
  — Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024