marginally

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District officials have previously described such cost-cutting attempts as potentially meaningful, but only marginally helpful given that employee salaries and benefits make up the vast majority of the district’s nearly $19-billion budget.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Second-from-bottom Burnley are marginally better off, but not by much.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Instead, he gave a marginally more formal “update” about progress in Iran than he gives all day on social media or in quick press availabilities.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Joblessness broadly held steady across the bloc, slightly up in Italy, marginally down in Spain, while unchanged in France and Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He was doing it in that distracted, marginally socially acceptable way, just a thumb flicking the corner of one nostril.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx