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Discover LudwigThe phrase "modest margins" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe small or limited differences in various contexts, such as finance, competition, or performance.
Example: "The company reported modest margins this quarter, indicating a slight improvement in profitability."
Alternatives: "narrow margins" or "slim margins".
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Sanders also won by modest margins among liberal voters, while narrowly trailing Clinton among moderates.
Traditional publishers, however, have their own modest margins to worry about.
In software installation, where most of the employees work, the (modest) margins are achieved only because employees are paid below industry levels.
Rousseff was elected, in 2010, and reëlected, in 2014, by modest margins, and, especially since her reëlection, things haven't gone so well for Brazil.
Motorola makes hardware, has modest margins on a good day and moves its products on trucks and airplanes and through brick-and-mortar stores.
He told the Edinburgh international book festival: "There is a wide variety of polls and they all show the 'no' vote ahead, some by modest margins and some by overwhelming margins.
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That was a modest margin over the nearly 37percentt of the votes that the European Union controls.
If I had to bet, I'd say she won Hispanic voters by a somewhat more modest margin.
Clinton won the Colorado popular vote by a modest margin, but Trump took nearly twice as many counties.
The Conservatives lead the Labour Party by a stable but modest margin of around seven percentage points in the opinion polls.
Ashcroft's nomination was the subject of a pitched battle in the Senate, which confirmed his appointment in February 2001 by a modest margin along partisan lines.
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