marginal figure

collocation in English

meaningsofmarginalandfigure

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marginal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofmarginalandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Initially the king refused to give him up, but he quickly became amarginalfigurein government.
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It is noteworthy that in this version of the narrative the tanner-an altogethermarginalfigure-has no name.
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Christina is no longer amarginalfigurein nineteenth-century studies.
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There is a lower reconviction rate among people who serve custodial sentences—it is only amarginalfigure—than among those who do not.
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It is thatmarginalfigurewhich will suffer most, because it will be reduced by the amount of this new tax.
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Having got the men and the arms, the cost of the administration is a relativelymarginalfigure.
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Of course, to these figures there must be added amarginalfigurefor evasions.
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It can be very important to a member of a small district council that is near themarginalfigureof 30.
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The amendment would give some relief to firms up to the present profit figure of£15,000 a year and themarginalfigureabove that.
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That is if the whole cost were passed on by the employer, so it is a verymarginalfigure.
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I think he has his priorities all wrong—and his sums wrong, too; because he talked about amarginalfigureof£1 million or less.
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It is simply amarginalfigure.
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He was amarginalfigurewithin the professional community of his psychiatric peers, attending few medical symposia and conferences in his discipline.
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He became amarginalfigurein the 1980s, despite remaining on the executive committee.
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However, he no longer had any influence and was essentially amarginalfigure.
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A new generation of scholars, partly building on the work of earlier marginal figures, now set out to rehabilitate alternative models of political coexistence.
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Up to that time managers were more marginal figures in a team.
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The power of an underboss greatly varies; some are marginal figures, while others are the most powerful individuals in the family.
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Etched in handwriting, accompanied by small sketches, marginal figures and huge full-plate illustrations, it has been described as visionary theatre.
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Smiley faces represent optimism and appear to ask the characters, who are characterized as marginal figures, how nice their days are.
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