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The U.S. provides $3.8 billion annually in military aid, about 0.5% of Israel’s gross domestic product, plus billions more in emergency wartime assistance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Those are already taxed at a 37% federal rate, plus a 3.8% surtax on investment income, plus state and city taxes that often add up to 10%.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The core profit margin at the cars business was now seen at between minus 0.5 percent to plus 0.5 percent in 2026, BMW said, meaning it could make an operating loss in its key activity.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
It needs eight substantive consultants - from the end of this month it will have two, plus three locum consultants.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
It’s Babs, rounding the corner, holding a tray with a teapot and a single cup, plus a little round roll on a matching plate.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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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
The net effect of these pluses and minuses is unknown.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
There are pluses: Caring for the trees for one to two years provides valuable environmental science education, and small trees are cheaper and more likely to be donated, Marino said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
“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
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"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
Now, it appears, the minuses have outweighed the plusses.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2021
But there were the plusses for working in a fresh new paper too.
From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various
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