marginal
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"We have seen some savings being made from AI, but they are, to be frank, pretty marginal compared to the scale of the problem."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
As Arctic sea ice continues to retreat, the marginal ice zone is becoming wider.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The upshot is that equity wealth is increasingly available to fund spending among households with higher marginal propensities to consume.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Distributions from those accounts are taxable at the taxpayer’s top marginal rate, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Despite the benefits of fire, 150,000 years ago humans were still marginal creatures.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing marginal
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