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margins 1 of 2

noun

plural of margin

as in edges

the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something the margins of the paper should only be an inch wide

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margins

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verb

present tense third-person singular of margin

as in borders

to serve as a border for the riverbed is margined by a flat beach of smooth rocks

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Recent Examples of margins

Noun

Bottom line Expect fanfare, expect deliverables on the margins -- purchase commitments or a possible Board of Trade announcement -- and don't expect breakthroughs on the hard issues, experts say. —

Selina Wang, ABC News, 8 May 2026 But Southern states have jumped on the bandwagon and decided to redraw maps quickly this year to be used in 2026 as both parties battle for very narrow margins in the House and the Senate. —

Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 May 2026 Unlike many growth-at-all-cost software names, PANW is a free cash flow machine with margins of 28%. —

Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 8 May 2026 Safilo Group showed resilience in the first quarter in North America and Europe, improving margins and cash generation in the period despite being impacted by currency headwinds. —

Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 May 2026 Retailer profit margins are chronically slim — and during rapid crude price increases even negative — giving them an incentive to raise prices quickly as the cost of crude and of refined gas mounts — and to try to hold the higher prices steady to recover their margins as their other costs call. —

Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 Jeff Pedersen, its chief financial officer, touted the company’s strong growth and improving margins. —

Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Even in the best of times, airlines can run on thin margins. —

Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 The race to the bottom doesn’t just torpedo your margins. —

Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026

Verb

Headline beat, but margins missed expectations. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026 Teapot margins collapse within six to nine months. —

Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026

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The big winner is expected to be hard-right party Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, which is aiming for working-class, former Labor strongholds in England’s north and on London’s outer edges with its anti-establishment, anti-immigration message.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The trio is still enthralled by the pointed edges of post-punk that serve as the skeleton of most of their tracks.

— David Glickman, Pitchfork, 7 May 2026