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by a wide margin

By a large amount; by a lot. We won that game by a wide margin! I think the final score was 10-1.

See also: margin, wide

on the margins of something

if someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of the group, but are different in important ways Homeless people are on the margins of our society. The fact that they held their exhibition in a corridor reflects their position on the margins of the London art scene.

See also: margin, of, on