as in frontier
located at or near a border
marginal locations in the open-air market are a bit cheaper
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Recent Examples of marginal
Much of the commonwealth faced a marginal, slight or enhanced risk of seeing severe weather, and a tornado watch stretched from Lafayette, Indiana, to the southern edge of Kentucky.
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Mar. 2026
During a year of marginal snowfall in other regions, participants in this year’s Summit were thrilled with the opportunity to ski and snowboard across a mountain with full snow coverage.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
However, wage gains have become so marginal, and job openings have become so scant, that the popularity of job-hopping could lose traction.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
The uptick is marginal, but off-ball actions could allow Cunningham to conserve energy and be even more potent on off-the-dribble 3s.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Mar. 2026
During a year of marginal snowfall in other regions, participants in this year’s Summit were thrilled with the opportunity to ski and snowboard across a mountain with full snow coverage.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
However, wage gains have become so marginal, and job openings have become so scant, that the popularity of job-hopping could lose traction.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
The uptick is marginal, but off-ball actions could allow Cunningham to conserve energy and be even more potent on off-the-dribble 3s.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marginal
frontier
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That worried Huang, who fears a Chinese rival, and White House officials, who believe Chinese dependence on non-frontier American chips is the best way to ensure a lead in AI.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Marginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginal. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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