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
All of Broward, most of Miami-Dade, and the Upper Keys are under a marginal risk for isolated flash flooding today.
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Shane Hinton, CBS News, 28 May 2026
But each of these moves would face blowback, and none would have more than a marginal effect on prices, according to economists across the ideological spectrum.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 May 2026
Jake Johnson is a surprisingly marginal presence as Paula’s ex-husband Karl, who wants to move to Boise and take their 8-year-old daughter, Hazel (Nola Wallace), with him.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 May 2026
The dramatic increase took place primarily in the period following October 7, but the larger point is that what felt, for many years, like a marginal social pathology has returned as a visible feature of public life.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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Shane Hinton, CBS News, 28 May 2026
But each of these moves would face blowback, and none would have more than a marginal effect on prices, according to economists across the ideological spectrum.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 May 2026
Jake Johnson is a surprisingly marginal presence as Paula’s ex-husband Karl, who wants to move to Boise and take their 8-year-old daughter, Hazel (Nola Wallace), with him.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 May 2026
The dramatic increase took place primarily in the period following October 7, but the larger point is that what felt, for many years, like a marginal social pathology has returned as a visible feature of public life.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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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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“Marginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginal. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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