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margins

NOUN

border; room around something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

edge limit surplus

STRONG

allowance bound boundary brim brink compass extra field frame hem latitude leeway lip perimeter periphery play rim scope selvage shore side skirt space trimming verge

WEAK

confine elbowroom

Antonyms

STRONG

center inside interior middle

WEAK

core

Example Sentences

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Higher fuel prices also threaten to eat away at farmers’ margins, El-Hoshy said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

And while businesses are also facing rising costs, "subdued domestic demand is limiting firms' ability to pass these higher costs on to consumers, which is likely to squeeze profit margins".

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

That level of spending may be necessary to sustain growth, but it inevitably weighs on margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The softer services advance was tied to an outright decline of 1.1% in the margins for trade services, a metric that tracks the difference between selling prices and acquisition costs.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

At the margins lurked fearsome places the Map called Wastes.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs