Margin
noun
The edge or border of something.
He wrote some notes in the margin of the book.
Often appears as...
- wide margin
- narrow margin
noun
The amount by which something is won or falls short.
They won the game with a large margin.
Often appears as...
- margin of victory
- by a margin
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Approving
noun
The profit made on a product or service.
They expected a profit margin of 20 percent.
Often appears as...
- gross margin
- net margin
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Technical
noun
An extra amount of something, such as time or space, that you allow because you cannot be certain what will happen.
We need to leave a margin for error.
Often appears as...
- margin of safety
- margin of error
noun
The edge or border of something.
He wrote some notes in the margin of the book.
Often appears as...
- wide margin
- narrow margin
noun
The amount by which something is won or falls short.
They won the game with a large margin.
Often appears as...
- margin of victory
- by a margin
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The profit made on a product or service.
They expected a profit margin of 20 percent.
Often appears as...
- gross margin
- net margin
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An extra amount of something, such as time or space, that you allow because you cannot be certain what will happen.
We need to leave a margin for error.
Often appears as...
- margin of safety
- margin of error
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Margin as a physical boundary of tangible items like books or pages.
Please write your name on the top margin of the sheet.
Pro Tip 2/3Note-taking Space
Margins in books or notebooks are often used for additional notes.
I jotted down the translation in the book's margin.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Clarity
Keeping wide margins in documents improves readability and structure.
Leave wider margins to make your report look cleaner.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Margin as a physical boundary of tangible items like books or pages.
Please write your name on the top margin of the sheet.
Pro Tip 2/3Note-taking Space
Margins in books or notebooks are often used for additional notes.
I jotted down the translation in the book's margin.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Clarity
Keeping wide margins in documents improves readability and structure.
Leave wider margins to make your report look cleaner.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Margin as a physical boundary of tangible items like books or pages.
Please write your name on the top margin of the sheet.
Pro Tip 2/3Note-taking Space
Margins in books or notebooks are often used for additional notes.
I jotted down the translation in the book's margin.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Clarity
Keeping wide margins in documents improves readability and structure.
Leave wider margins to make your report look cleaner.
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How does a jellyfish...
for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser, have the ability to sting. Larval jellyfish, ephyrae, look like tiny flowers pulsating in the sea. As they grow, they become umbrella-shaped with a bell at the top and descending tentacles around the margin.
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Why we make bad...
what will you look like, how much hair will you have, who will you be living with. Once we have all the details of that imaginary scenario, suddenly we feel like it might be important to save so that that guy has a little retirement money. But these are tricks around the margins.
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Can Nature Make Us...
this importance of blue spaces so that's any environment that features water could be lakes rivers canals and of course the coast and what's really interesting is it looks like the margins might be most important where those two environments the green and the blue meet
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Three ideas. Three...
that that would push me further into the margins of both life and art. I expected that, and I was willing to pay that cost in order to tell my truth. But that is not what happened. The world did not push me away. It pulled me closer.
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
the truth is the climbing Everest was definitely a bigger richer challenge 50 years ago the unknowns were larger the margin slimmer the personal effort greater Everest has in part become domesticated the majesty of the mountain
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Can we create the...
If we optimize food production, both on land and sea, we can feed humanity within the environmental limits of the earth, but there's a very small margin of error, and it will take unprecedented global cooperation
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How to deal with...
was no margin for error somebody asked me once what are you looking for in a relationship and I replied certainty I needed certainty in an uncertain world but we live in an
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Beautiful Butterfly...
farmland that encourages butterflies is a place of flowering meadows and field margins buzzing with life butterflies can bring back the wildlife rich countryside we adore
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Yeah, or Vernier caliper. -Yeah, let's go micrometer. - So that'll break the world record? -Absolutely, by a clear margin of two millimeters. - -So... -Breathe.
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Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
around its margin perhaps even more strangely there is a profusion of life
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How does a jellyfish...
for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser, have the ability to sting. Larval jellyfish, ephyrae, look like tiny flowers pulsating in the sea. As they grow, they become umbrella-shaped with a bell at the top and descending tentacles around the margin.
Video examples
Why we make bad...
what will you look like, how much hair will you have, who will you be living with. Once we have all the details of that imaginary scenario, suddenly we feel like it might be important to save so that that guy has a little retirement money. But these are tricks around the margins.
Video examples
Can Nature Make Us...
this importance of blue spaces so that's any environment that features water could be lakes rivers canals and of course the coast and what's really interesting is it looks like the margins might be most important where those two environments the green and the blue meet
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
that that would push me further into the margins of both life and art. I expected that, and I was willing to pay that cost in order to tell my truth. But that is not what happened. The world did not push me away. It pulled me closer.
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
the truth is the climbing Everest was definitely a bigger richer challenge 50 years ago the unknowns were larger the margin slimmer the personal effort greater Everest has in part become domesticated the majesty of the mountain
Video examples
Can we create the...
If we optimize food production, both on land and sea, we can feed humanity within the environmental limits of the earth, but there's a very small margin of error, and it will take unprecedented global cooperation
Video examples
How to deal with...
was no margin for error somebody asked me once what are you looking for in a relationship and I replied certainty I needed certainty in an uncertain world but we live in an
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
farmland that encourages butterflies is a place of flowering meadows and field margins buzzing with life butterflies can bring back the wildlife rich countryside we adore
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
Yeah, or Vernier caliper. -Yeah, let's go micrometer. - So that'll break the world record? -Absolutely, by a clear margin of two millimeters. - -So... -Breathe.
Video examples
Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
around its margin perhaps even more strangely there is a profusion of life
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Fawad Khan
Pakistani Actor
My character has to be alive. It can't be a mere prop, and it has to have a life of its own. I need to have that space to play around and the scope to interact with the people around me. That freedom would give me a lot of margin to improvise with.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
The tools Facebook provides make discrimination easy. Facebook has monopoly profit margins, so it could easily provide real staffing to protect against discrimination, if it wanted to. It doesn't want to.
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Eric Metaxas
American Author
If you accept my thesis that the universe and this earth are the most outrageous miracles by an infinite margin, then you will understand that simply for us to exist requires a miracle.
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Sarfaraz Ahmed
Pakistani Cricketer
People acknowledge you and applaud and it makes you more passionate about the game. It gives you proper recognition and if you perform well its increases your respect by a huge margin.
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Jill Ellis
British Coach
Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.
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Denise Lewis
British Athlete
No, I didn't break a world record. No, I didn't win by a huge margin. But it's how you do in the battle. I've taken my place in history and I'm very proud of that.
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Bernie Sanders
American Politician
I am not aware how you succeed politically when you insult women, who far more than men consistently provide you with great margins of support.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
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Novak Djokovic
Serbian Athlete
Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.
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George Ryan
American Politician
I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
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Fawad Khan
Pakistani Actor
My character has to be alive. It can't be a mere prop, and it has to have a life of its own. I need to have that space to play around and the scope to interact with the people around me. That freedom would give me a lot of margin to improvise with.
Quote examples
Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
The tools Facebook provides make discrimination easy. Facebook has monopoly profit margins, so it could easily provide real staffing to protect against discrimination, if it wanted to. It doesn't want to.
Quote examples
Eric Metaxas
American Author
If you accept my thesis that the universe and this earth are the most outrageous miracles by an infinite margin, then you will understand that simply for us to exist requires a miracle.
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Sarfaraz Ahmed
Pakistani Cricketer
People acknowledge you and applaud and it makes you more passionate about the game. It gives you proper recognition and if you perform well its increases your respect by a huge margin.
Quote examples
Jill Ellis
British Coach
Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.
Quote examples
Denise Lewis
British Athlete
No, I didn't break a world record. No, I didn't win by a huge margin. But it's how you do in the battle. I've taken my place in history and I'm very proud of that.
Quote examples
Bernie Sanders
American Politician
I am not aware how you succeed politically when you insult women, who far more than men consistently provide you with great margins of support.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
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Novak Djokovic
Serbian Athlete
Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.
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George Ryan
American Politician
I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
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