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issue
Noun
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An issue is a particular topic or subject, often one that people are discussing and/or is a problem.
The students raised an important issue in my last class, and I hope we can discuss it today.
We'd like to hire you, but there are some legal issues that we have to consider first.
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An issue of a magazine, newspaper, etc. is the version that is published at one time.
The March issue of The Walrus has an interesting article on healthcare.
issue
Verb
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If you issue something, such as a statement, guidelines or an order, you officially publish it.
The governments of Canada and the United States jointly issued a statement about the recent crash.
margin
Noun
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A margin is the space on the sides of a page where there is no writing.
If you own the book, write notes in the margin.
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A margin is the difference between what the winner has and what the loser has.
The team won every game with an average 24-point victory margin per game.
The Board of Education voted by a narrow margin to accept the new standards.
Mitt Romney is leading in the latest polls by a slim margin, 29 percent of the vote to 's 26 percent.
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A margin is the difference between what a business pays for something and what it sells it for.
The current profit margins on those products run between 55 and 62 percent.
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A margin is extra time, room, money, etc. that you plan for in case something needs more.
There's almost no margin for error with the landing the plane.
The extra fuel that was carried along gave us a bit of a safety margin.
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A margin of error is the amount that the true value varies from the measured value.
The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
We produce these pieced to be 2.5 meters long, with an overall error margin of 1.4 millimeters.
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If somebody is on the margin(s), they are not a central member and have little power.