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
The uptick is marginal, but off-ball actions could allow Cunningham to conserve energy and be even more potent on off-the-dribble 3s.
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Colors indicate the level of risk, with pink showing a high chance (70% or greater), red moderate (40% or greater), yellow slight (15% or greater), green marginal (5% or greater), and gray indicating a low risk (less than 10%).
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.
—Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Areas north of that line are in the marginal risk category.
—Karen Carter, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Colors indicate the level of risk, with pink showing a high chance (70% or greater), red moderate (40% or greater), yellow slight (15% or greater), green marginal (5% or greater), and gray indicating a low risk (less than 10%).
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.
—Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Areas north of that line are in the marginal risk category.
—Karen Carter, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
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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,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Marginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginal. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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