margins 1 of 2

plural of margin

margins

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of margin

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of margins
Noun
Its lower-income customers are trading down to less expensive items and store brands, which either pinches Albertsons’ margins or sends shoppers to Walmart and Kroger. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 When haul trucks sit idle waiting to recharge, every minute of lost production directly erodes operating margins. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 However, higher labor costs and project inefficiencies weighed on gross margins during that period. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 With duties and surcharges already squeezing margins, brands cannot afford that extra cost. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Poor Pricing If your business has low margins, lack of clarity around costs may result in pricing products or services below cost. — Vlad Rusz, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Niccol worked at Yum for more than a decade and understands that scale matters in razor-thin restaurant margins. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Bolsonaro put in an incredibly strong showing in his electoral strongholds in the south of Brazil, winning the country's three largest states by large margins. — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 But that unpaid bill becomes uncompensated care, which over time erodes operating margins and strains hospital finances. — Amber Bellazaire, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
Furthermore, Scotto expects Williams' Transmission, Power & Gulf segment to increase quarter-over-quarter, driven by the startup of the Socrates power project and favorable natural gas liquids, or NGL, margins. — CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026 Protecting margins The challenge isn’t simply detecting token theft or fraud, but rather deciding how to respond. — Sarita Singh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 Private investors are underwriting stablecoin volumes doubling annually and margins holding simultaneously. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The Dodgers are still trying to figure out what margins, if any, there are for an edge. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for margins
Noun
  • Eggs are suggested as an easy entry point, using about a teaspoon instead of butter or oil to cook one egg for crisp edges and a richer flavor.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • More snaps mean more sack opportunities — but also more responsibility, not just as a pass rusher but also in defending the run and ensuring that edges are sealed and pockets are contained.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In contrast, the United States borders two benign neighbors and enjoys open sailing on two vast oceans.
    — Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The area borders Toronto’s busy Chinatown, where Asian eateries abut hipster bars and boutiques.
    — Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The report concluded that 2,191 homeless people would be displaced if the security perimeters measured a half-mile around venues.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The map above shows the evacuation areas in red and the approximate fire perimeters as a black line.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the event, a guy bounds around, introducing the recordists, then crouching to cue their recordings on a laptop, his dark, longish hair under a black dad cap bearing the club’s name.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.
    — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In the meantime, the boundaries between art-making and performance were breaking down.
    — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Much of the theory also stems from Belbruno's work on permanent capture into the solar system and weak stability boundaries published in 2024 in the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But a recent study found that people with larger waist circumferences who ate one avocado daily for six months did not see improvements in blood sugar, insulin levels, or insulin resistance.
    — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 30 June 2026
  • Its main beams are 27 inches long, with over 5-inch base circumferences.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Margins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/margins. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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