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Discover LudwigThe phrase "marginal case" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a situation or concept that falls just outside of the general or expected norm. Example: In a court of law, the judge must carefully consider the evidence and circumstances surrounding a marginal case before making a ruling.
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So, this might seem like a marginal case — but the electoral math matters only at the margin as well.
"It is only important on the margin, and I am not sure it's going to be a marginal case," Mr. Ross said of the legal advantage given to prosecutors by the new laws.
Munch is all but placeless in standard art history, not exactly a marginal case but definitely a singular one.
His obdurate romanticism made him a marginal case in histories of modern art that were keyed to stylistic movements and formal innovations.
It is almost always cheaper to settle a marginal case than it is for the company to stand its ground and litigate the matter".
She proves once again how a marginal case can be an illuminating way into vast and much disputed subjects, in this instance the meeting of West and East and the role of women under orthodox Islam.
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"We'll reconsider marginal cases and update [our] approach".
We spent most of our time debating these marginal cases.
And all of us have been, and will probably once again be, marginal cases ourselves.
Second, the Immigration Service has been urged by members of Congress to exercise prosecutorial discretion and not bring cruel, marginal cases.
but, Can they suffer?" Bentham here is playing a powerful card philosophers call the "argument from marginal cases," or A.M.C. for short.
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