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I actually see your skepticism as a plus, and I’d guess that many hiring managers would, too.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A jury found Pitts guilty on June 16 and, on Thursday, he was sentenced to life plus seven years in state prison with the possibility of parole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
It means parents and guardians will not have to buy more than three branded items, plus a tie for children in secondary school.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lavoie plans to use his money from selling some of his shares to fund a hotel he is renovating in Pontebba, Italy's northeastern Friuli region, plus a small brewery.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I could understand how Boyd got his head into the bike rack—he’s only in the first grade, plus he has a skinny head—but at first I didn’t know why he couldn’t get it out.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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
That’s a slight pullback from March, and the underlying data had both pluses and minuses.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
There are the pluses from capital gains and there are the minuses from capital losses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
"Each provider has its own pluses and minuses," Dr Gillie said.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 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
They ensured Pakistan did not kick on from their platform and, along with Brook, were the other major plusses for England.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
But ultimately, he says, “The plusses do not exceed the minuses of relocation.”
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2022
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
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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