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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margins

Restaurant margins are brutal, and a generated image costs less than a photo shoot.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Either way, luxury stocks are becoming a very different proposition to investors who used to prize them for their strong growth, high operating margins and seemingly infinite pricing power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

It gives money to farmers who have turned parts of their land over to schemes such as planting hedges, creating wildflower margins and protecting the soil.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But Van Nieuwerburgh said the scarcity of computing capacity is holding up prices and profit margins now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The copy editor at Harcourt kept filling the margins of the galley proofs with questions: ‘How can it be before Europe but after Paris?’

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman