margin

In a sentence

Six example sentences with margin, each labelled with its topic.

• The library copy was priceless: three centuries of readers had argued with the author in the margin of every page.

  Literature

• Medieval scribes filled the margin with rabbits and dragons, painting right up to where the parchment was trimmed.

  Art

• Hedgerows along the field's margin shelter more insect species than the entire crop growing out in the middle.

  Environment

• The engineer designed the beams with a margin of forty percent, extra strength beyond anything the floor would ever carry.

  Architecture

• Leave a margin of two hours between connecting flights, because the first one will be late exactly when it matters.

  Travel

• The founders kept a margin of two months' runway beyond the launch date, in case the app store review dragged on.

  Startups

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains margin. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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