margins

NOUN

border; room around something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

edge limit surplus

STRONG

allowance bound boundary brim brink compass extra field frame hem latitude leeway lip perimeter periphery play rim scope selvage shore side skirt space trimming verge

WEAK

confine elbowroom

Antonyms

STRONG

center inside interior middle

WEAK

core

Example Sentences

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margins

"Even a small fee could matter if it changes the incentives of small merchants operating on thin margins," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Sandisk expects adjusted gross margins to remain at around 80% through 2030 as demand for memory continues to outstrip supply.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Wall Street likes that approach, particularly as the industry’s margins are under pressure from high jet-fuel prices.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Its gross margins had been pressured by aggressive capacity expansion and the resulting surge in fixed depreciation and amortization costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

I don't think she can read, but her brown hair swings over the page as her eyes follow the curling vines and grotesque beasts that run up and down the margins.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz