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
For the roughly 15% of Americans with no or marginal prescription drug coverage, any cash price reduction from the full list price will be meaningful.
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Ryan N. Hansen, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
The Knicks might not need a seismic move to realize their potential and run the East, but their roster needs a marginal upgrade.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
But that would give us marginal gains, not exponential ones.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
As the marginal cost of thinking collapses, the scope of what organizations can afford to analyze expands dramatically.
—Michael Wystrach, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
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Ryan N. Hansen, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
The Knicks might not need a seismic move to realize their potential and run the East, but their roster needs a marginal upgrade.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
But that would give us marginal gains, not exponential ones.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
As the marginal cost of thinking collapses, the scope of what organizations can afford to analyze expands dramatically.
—Michael Wystrach, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for marginal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marginal
frontier
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That worried Huang, who fears a Chinese rival, and White House officials, who believe Chinese dependence on non-frontier American chips is the best way to ensure a lead in AI.—
Charlie Campbell,
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11 Dec. 2025
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“Marginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginal. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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