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minus

[mahy-nuhs] / ˈmaɪ nəs /
ADJECTIVE
diminished
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


ADJECTIVE
on the negative side
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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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

This dishonesty spoils the story and replicates the Bundists’ ideological vanity, minus their heroism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It covers all financial and non-financial assets, primarily property, minus debts, with asset values converted into dollars.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Looking at historical trends, Klement calculates the expected returns from U.S. stocks standing at these valuations are minus 2% over the next decade.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Thus, we might say that a 95 percent confidence interval for the percentage of voters favoring candidate X is 45 percent plus or minus 6 percent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

That’s a slight pullback from March, and the underlying data had both pluses and minuses.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

Looking further ahead, they weigh the pluses and minuses of retiring early or late and pros and cons of pursuing and exploring a new postretirement job or career.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

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

From MarketWatch Oct. 27, 2025

So, as an introvert, what are the pluses and minuses there?

From Salon Apr. 29, 2025

Pluses and minuses, we get along but we are not close.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander




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