marginal
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The data provider, Silicon Data, says its index “captures the marginal willingness to pay for LLM models.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Some stadiums will require partial renovation to accommodate the soccer games, but the cost is marginal compared to the 2022 World Cup hosted in Qatar, for example.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
That might seem a marginal difference, but it actually represents hundreds of thousands of people.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The Aloha State recently raised its top marginal tax rate to 13% from 11%, creating a new top tax bracket for single filers earning more than $500,000 in income.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Racial minorities were always overrepresented in the criminal justice system, but as sociologists have noted, until the mid-1980s, the system was marginal to communities of color.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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