as in frontier
located at or near a border
marginal locations in the open-air market are a bit cheaper
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Marine conditions will be hazardous and there is a marginal risk for rip currents at all area beaches.
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Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
The severe risk will be significantly lower tomorrow, with a marginal risk targeting parts of Georgia and Florida.
—NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Much of Central Arkansas -- including Little Rock, Conway, Hot Springs, Jonesboro and Texarkana -- is at a marginal risk of severe weather.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
While many of the tax proposals relate to expirations in the 2017 Trump tax cuts, there’s no mention of the expiring marginal tax rates or standard deduction, suggesting the extensions may be under consideration separately.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
The severe risk will be significantly lower tomorrow, with a marginal risk targeting parts of Georgia and Florida.
—NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Much of Central Arkansas -- including Little Rock, Conway, Hot Springs, Jonesboro and Texarkana -- is at a marginal risk of severe weather.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
While many of the tax proposals relate to expirations in the 2017 Trump tax cuts, there’s no mention of the expiring marginal tax rates or standard deduction, suggesting the extensions may be under consideration separately.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Marginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginal. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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