marginal
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Erdős asked if we could do much better than this, and for 80 years the mathematics community only achieved marginal improvements.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
Root was unhappy to be on the wrong end of a marginal lbw off Henry, leaving him two runs short of 14,000 in Tests.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
And it’s that marginal shift from price-sensitive buyers that will ultimately push up the yield on 10-
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
“Even the most powerful technologies must pass through the prosaic discipline of cost curves, capacity constraints and marginal returns,” the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Why did food production develop first in these seemingly rather marginal lands, and only later in today’s most fertile farmlands and pastures?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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