marginal
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But you can ask your kid to pay you the marginal cost of their presence in the plan.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
“We’re getting into a much tougher stretch where the marginal reduction inflation that was coming from shelter is slowing,” Sharif says.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
He salvages the inferior Soviet equipment, milled from marginal steel, clumsily soldered; it’s all so unsystematic.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing marginal
The Other Wes Moore
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