marginal
Example Sentences
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You need to keep a close eye on your marginal tax brackets.
From MarketWatch
Analysts say this is no longer a marginal trend.
From Barron's
"Many farm businesses are marginal or loss-making, yet will soon be hit with unaffordable inheritance tax bills, which in many cases will dwarf their annual profit," he explained.
From BBC
That “left her in a marginal, isolated position because people always tend to, you know, negotiations, transactions, compromises and she was just ‘no compromise.’
For years, Australia reassured itself that antisemitism is marginal—an imported pathology or an online nuisance safely removed from everyday life.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
