marginally

Example Sentences

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Limited progress has been made in the last 3½ years, with a marginally lower number of homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Tinder is the most visited dating app, but over the past three years usage has been dropping and it's now only marginally ahead of nearest competitor Hinge.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The Global Burden of Disease, the world’s leading mortality database, finds that Europe’s standardized heat-death risk has changed only marginally since 1990.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Even not including those years, the index’s historical performance was only marginally higher — an average gain of 0.006%.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Either guilt or embarrassment forced me to my feet, and she mumbled her thanks and pushed in beside Jane and Guylinda, who woke just long enough to marginally scoot over for her.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam