marginal
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Kelsey Plum doesn’t understand marginal tax rates, but the topic trips up even tax experts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
With such a focus on the marginal details, it was little surprise that players of all ages would look up to him.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The risk of an offshore tsunami in the Mediterranean has often been considered marginal, and this in itself could be misleading.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The private Chinese security players “have evolved from marginal actors into an important instrument of Beijing’s overseas risk-management architecture,” said Alessandro Arduino, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a London defense think-tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
After subsisting for three months on an exceedingly marginal diet, McCandless had run up a sizable caloric deficit.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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