marginal
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Eastwood was once a proper three-way marginal, with all three of the parties winning over 30% of the vote in 2016.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Alternatively, withdrawing from retirement accounts would generally be taxed as ordinary income, potentially at higher marginal rates depending on your tax bracket.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
“This would mark only a marginal improvement from the recent string of hot PCE inflation prints and should keep the Fed firmly on hold in the near-term,” writes Stephen Juneau, U.S. economist at BofA Securities.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Though he had found the case to be on solid ground, he now told the judge in a brief that it was marginal compared with other excessive-force prosecutions and that the woman’s injuries were minor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Like most of its rivals, Mountain Madness was a fiscally marginal enterprise and had been since its inception: in 1995 Fischer took home only about $12,000.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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