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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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That level of spending may be necessary to sustain growth, but it inevitably weighs on margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

And while businesses are also facing rising costs, "subdued domestic demand is limiting firms' ability to pass these higher costs on to consumers, which is likely to squeeze profit margins".

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Even in its best years, Peloton—another premium hardware brand that Wall Street briefly valued like a highflying software company—managed only high single-digit operating margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Luria noted that despite declining gross margins, Oracle managed to improve its adjusted operating margin to 44.8% from 44.2% for the same period last year, even while accelerating its cloud computing growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The lawn ran out into a narrow tongue between bright margins: on the right and west the Silverlode flowed glittering; on the left and east the Great River rolled its broad waters, deep and dark.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien