as in frontier
located at or near a border
marginal locations in the open-air market are a bit cheaper
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Recent Examples of marginal
As energy assets, his wells may be marginal.
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Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
That’s what makes both marginal figures like Ormond and fundamental ones like the two antiheroines so important.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 15 June 2026
The days when a team of Brazil’s stature could simply rely on their technical ability and flair are long gone; every side have to work on the small details, analysing their own players and their opponents in depth, looking for marginal gains rather than making assumptions.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 June 2026
The most recent buy signal initially appeared to suffer the same fate in mid-May, but the ensuing pullback produced a marginal higher low and buyers returned as June began.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 10 June 2026
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Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
That’s what makes both marginal figures like Ormond and fundamental ones like the two antiheroines so important.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 15 June 2026
The days when a team of Brazil’s stature could simply rely on their technical ability and flair are long gone; every side have to work on the small details, analysing their own players and their opponents in depth, looking for marginal gains rather than making assumptions.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 June 2026
The most recent buy signal initially appeared to suffer the same fate in mid-May, but the ensuing pullback produced a marginal higher low and buyers returned as June began.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for marginal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marginal
frontier
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That worried Huang, who fears a Chinese rival, and White House officials, who believe Chinese dependence on non-frontier American chips is the best way to ensure a lead in AI.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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