margin

Example Sentences

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The performance was the most dominant in club history and the margin of victory matched Angel City’s largest ever.

From Los Angeles Times

England did that in Paris and were only the finest of margins away from one of their great Six Nations wins.

From BBC

At the margin, they are likely to be positive.

From Barron's

Pitting dealers against each other forces them to cut into their own margins to win business, rather than simply passing along standard rebates funded by automakers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pulling back on spendable income means families have a smaller margin of error if things go wrong, and may compromise the level of financial support parents can offer college-bound or adult children.

From MarketWatch