The phrase "achieved marginal" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to describe a small or minimal level of success or improvement, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The project achieved marginal improvements in efficiency, but not enough to justify the costs."
Alternatives: "minimal success" or "slight improvement".
Slate, founded with Microsoft's backing in 1996 by Michael Kinsley, now editorial and opinion editor of The Los Angeles Times, achieved marginal profitability in one quarter last year and is now a break-even proposition on revenue of about $6 million, according to company executives.
Canada achieved marginal growth in 2010-13 and plans to balance the budget by 2015.
Neither main effects nor interactions of ABH genotypes achieved marginal significance at level alpha = 0.10.
However, after correction for multiple testing, only allele *13 achieved marginal statistical significance (Pcorr = 0.043).
Successive steps were conducted if the socioeconomic variable achieved marginal statistical significance (p < 0.1).
The SVCG achieved marginal significance using the t-test approach but was not significant with the Dunnett's approach.
Nutritional supplements are another target area in the strive to achieve marginal gains.
After adding a small amount of process noise to the GPS ambiguities on the third frequency, the 3D positioning accuracy of the GPS/GALILEO/BDS triple PPP model can achieve marginal improvement for both static and kinematic mode.
He cited a desire to spend more time at home in Suffolk and on other projects, but also said: "I find it frustrating having to labour to achieve marginal improvements (as they usually are) to cascades of legislation which are collectively counter-productive.
Therefore, the overriding objective of this study is to decide the optimal allocating pumping rate among wells for a RO system on the premise of no acid added and under finite groundwater resources, to ensure feed water has no scaling potential and achieve marginal usage of groundwater resources.
PS technique was supposed to be one of the technical-driven factors to achieve marginal or crestal bone stability.
