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[pluhs] / plʌs /




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With a skillet of white beans and sausage, plus sourdough for scooping.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The ECB’s problem is no longer just inflation; it is inflation plus spreads,” said Kevin Thozet, member of the investment committee at Carmignac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The agreement includes the company providing the council with an annual income of £140,000 from the sale of advertising space, plus 2.5% of its quarterly gross revenue.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

To cut to the chase: All this permabull mantra about stocks for the long term, and “average” stock-market returns of 6% or 7% a year plus inflation, need enormous caveats.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

“For three months,” she said, scribbling on the notepad, “with the insulin shots, weekly blood-sugar testing, and prescription food, plus the four hundred forty dollars already sitting on the credit card from his initial tests...”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

In other words, for Spurs the pluses of building a new expensive stadium far outweigh the negatives, at least from a financial perspective.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Watch personal-tech columnist Nicole Nguyen review the pluses and minuses of all the new hot wearable fitness trackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

One of the pluses with Madison is revenue growth averaging 8% annually over the past five years and adjusted Ebitda margins of more than 25%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

There are the pluses from capital gains and there are the minuses from capital losses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

“Technology is here to stay. Like any revolution, there are pluses and minuses. We need to harness that power to our advantage.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"The plusses outweigh the minuses," Maguire told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

As with the previous downward trend, there are plusses and minuses, namely higher production values per episode at the cost of time spent with the characters.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2022

But the plusses are not enough to merit the support of Dennis McFadden, a Los Angeles architect and a member of UC Santa Barbara’s design review committee for more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2021

It was a bold and controversial decision that reflected optimism about doing business in China, as well as a willingness to weigh plusses and minuses.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2021

This writer's feature, focussing Jos with his plusses and minuses, appeared in the weekend magazine section of Herald, then looked after by Ethel da Costa.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various


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