margin
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Scotland is on course to miss legally-binding targets to cut child poverty "by a wide margin", according to a report from a leading social reform charity.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The industry has recovered only about half of tariff-policy-related costs, a "sustained margin drag that is likely to weigh on supplier financials," according to a commentary from Deloitte accompanying the survey.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Everything was going up. At some point you’re looking at your margin and you’re like, ‘How can we run this business?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
When is the margin of victory too large?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“It must be the neoclassical symmetry of his eyebrows,” she murmured, and pretended to sketch those very eyebrows in the margin of her book with a fingertip.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Meanwhile, margins for diesel and other refined products remain high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Restaurant margins are brutal, and a generated image costs less than a photo shoot.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
It gives money to farmers who have turned parts of their land over to schemes such as planting hedges, creating wildflower margins and protecting the soil.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Expect compressed margins in professional services, lower returns to venture capital and short-term pressure on home prices as screen-based jobs are disrupted,” the firm predicted.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Kathy then wrote their comments in the margins.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing margin
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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