as in frontier
located at or near a border
marginal locations in the open-air market are a bit cheaper
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Recent Examples of marginal
By contrast, new housing, especially when replacing empty lots or obsolete uses, tends to have just a marginal impact on traffic.
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Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
The ability to process data more efficiently and uncover deeper insights is a valuable asset in a sport where success is determined by marginal gains.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
More prosaically, the relative underperformance of the S & P Small Cap 600 (made up of profitable companies) to the small-cap Russell 2000 (where the majority are unprofitable) offers a nice impression of the race for more marginal names.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Say, your individual income is $70,000 and marginal tax rate is 22%.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
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Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
The ability to process data more efficiently and uncover deeper insights is a valuable asset in a sport where success is determined by marginal gains.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
More prosaically, the relative underperformance of the S & P Small Cap 600 (made up of profitable companies) to the small-cap Russell 2000 (where the majority are unprofitable) offers a nice impression of the race for more marginal names.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Say, your individual income is $70,000 and marginal tax rate is 22%.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for marginal
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“Marginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginal. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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