marginal

Example Sentences

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“We believe this will result in our growth continuing to come at a much lower marginal cost than what it has historically,” Walmart Chief Executive John Furner said during its earnings presentation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“We’re getting into a much tougher stretch where the marginal reduction inflation that was coming from shelter is slowing,” Sharif says.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Because people like to say things like, “If I became a right-wing influencer I’d get so rich,” and while there is some truth to that, there is this underbelly of people with really marginal influence.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

As equity typically earns about 9% a year, that asset tax would constitute a marginal tax rate on the very richest of just 11% of their average annual gain.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

It is a marginal comfort to know that the relatively new science of bioacoustics must deal with similar problems in the sounds made by other animals to each other.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas