Sentence examples for marginal meaning from inspiring English sources

Even his final omission, in Cape Town, was marginal, meaning that for the first time in a dozen years, for reasons other than a rare injury to Ntini, the Proteas did not field a black cricketer.

Twenty-two of the projects are marginal, meaning that they're important either for the environment or for agriculture, but not both.

Hai adjoining to DegP is associated with the comparative or marginal meaning.

The second hai in this sentence may have the temporal or marginal meaning.

In fact, hai with the marginal meaning is not very productive.

By combining them with the additive meaning of hai, the marginal meaning and the comparative meaning are derived, respectively.

When I noted that Mr. Trump had not removed The Times's credentials, Mr. Trump said, "You're marginal, you're marginal," apparently meaning we, too, were close to losing credentials to cover him.

Most polls still predict Rutte's VVD will emerge as the marginal winner, meaning he would be first choice for prime minister.

Osborne said savers would no longer face the current 55% penalty charge if they tried to take the rest of their pension after their tax-free lump sum, but would be taxed at marginal rates – meaning as little as 20% for most pensioners.

As mentioned above, freemium only works when you have a product with low marginal costs, meaning that it's relatively cheap to service the next incremental user (which is why software businesses are ideal for freemium).

But note that rivals Office Max and Office Depot are likely to close a number of marginal units, meaning less competition for Staples, which also is targeting new stores into areas that are free of the others.