marginal

Example Sentences

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And to be fair, Cronin has often used his tough love with great success, turning marginal players into good ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

For Chrysler, however, a marginal refresh of the only model it sells was a welcome pulse check.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In more recent decades, especially in 2001 and 2011, the census has tracked the modernising economy: commuting patterns, marginal versus main work, education attendance and increasingly detailed disability and fertility data.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Beijing is effectively trying to lower the marginal cost of child rearing while nudging households toward more confident spending across a cluster of family-oriented categories.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

They’d spent the preseason slowly bringing his weight down, cutting pound by pound until he was light enough to be pushed around by even marginal 182-pounders.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss