marginal
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Because Hong Kong is a world trade and financial center, adding to the marginal costs of doing business is more keenly felt there than in larger but less competitive economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Coaches will always be looking for the marginal gain - ways to push the boundaries to score a crucial goal.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Congressional Research Service estimated that shipboard, solid-state lasers can fire at a marginal cost between $1 and $10 per shot.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Because in the modern NBA, the marginal is major.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
The regulations, issued in 2014, were costly to satisfy, and as a consequence oilmen had virtually stopped drilling new wells, given that they produced only marginal returns.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing marginal
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