marginal
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In doing so, they’ve also made their marginal advantage in each of these districts smaller.
From Salon • May 4, 2026
“It’s great to have, but it’s of marginal benefit. It’s only $3,750. Those taking advantage of that were going to save money somehow, somewhere, anyway,” Schneider said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Warsh’s views on interest rates and the Fed’s balance sheet are “only of marginal importance in determining the course of actual policy,” wrote analysts at RBC Capital Markets in a client note last week.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
It is Arsenal who hold the six-point lead and marginal advantage in goal difference going into Sunday's game.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The central players in the drama were not the marginal or peripheral figures, whose lives are more typical, but rather the political leaders at the center of the national story who wielded power.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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