marginal
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Quan said this was another marginal change, noting that under Charter Amendment ER, approved by voters in 2024, the ethics commission can impose fines of up to $15,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But Rossman cautions that such perks often aren’t enough to justify the fees, and may offer only marginal upgrades from cheaper cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
While Americans would not spend all of the $5,000, a reasonable assumption is that they would spend more than 60%, or what economists call the marginal propensity to consume.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Treating it as marginal has a steep educational cost: “It is not possible to understand Christianity, Islam, the American founders . . . without understanding Judaism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But humans enjoyed all of these advantages for a full 2 million years during which they remained weak and marginal creatures.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing marginal
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