marginal
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Alternatively, withdrawing from retirement accounts would generally be taxed as ordinary income, potentially at higher marginal rates depending on your tax bracket.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
And to be fair, Cronin has often used his tough love with great success, turning marginal players into good ones.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
For Chrysler, however, a marginal refresh of the only model it sells was a welcome pulse check.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
In more recent decades, especially in 2001 and 2011, the census has tracked the modernising economy: commuting patterns, marginal versus main work, education attendance and increasingly detailed disability and fertility data.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Some scholars believe we have long since passed a tipping point where the declining marginal return on imprisonment has dipped below zero.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing marginal
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