marginal
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It’s highly likely that the privacy benefits of state-sanctioned VPNs are marginal.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
That might seem a marginal difference, but it actually represents hundreds of thousands of people.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
With such a focus on the marginal details, it was little surprise that players of all ages would look up to him.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The risk of an offshore tsunami in the Mediterranean has often been considered marginal, and this in itself could be misleading.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Racial minorities were always overrepresented in the criminal justice system, but as sociologists have noted, until the mid-1980s, the system was marginal to communities of color.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing marginal
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