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The simplest way to get a general idea of whether you’ve saved enough for retirement is to start with one basic equation: Income minus spending equals what you need from your savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
They continue to exist under the mummy's current storage conditions, which include a temperature of minus six degrees Celsius and high humidity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Germany’s consumer-climate index, published Friday by research group Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions and GfK, fell to minus 29.6 in its forecast for August, from minus 29.3 in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Research group GfK said its consumer-confidence barometer, published Friday with the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions, rose 6 points to minus 17 in July—the largest increase in sentiment since November 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The magician was inside, with Archimedes sitting on the back of his chair, busily trying to find the square root of minus one.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Ponderously disjointed, unnecessarily long, and emotionally distant are its minuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s a slight pullback from March, and the underlying data had both pluses and minuses.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
"The plusses outweigh the minuses," Maguire told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
There are the pluses from capital gains and there are the minuses from capital losses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Pluses and minuses, we get along but we are not close.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
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