minus
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What I’m referring to is simple breadth — the number of advancing issues minus the number of declining issues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"In order to achieve this, we used superfluid helium that had been cooled close to absolute zero at minus 273 degrees Celsius," explains Jesse Zhang, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Bank of Japan has been raising the rate since 2024, when it stood at minus 0.1%
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The national survey of 5,016 American adults was conducted Sept. 1-9, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
“It was a B minus, not a C,” Kofi quipped.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ponderously disjointed, unnecessarily long, and emotionally distant are its minuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The net effect of these pluses and minuses is unknown.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
That’s a slight pullback from March, and the underlying data had both pluses and minuses.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
So, as an introvert, what are the pluses and minuses there?
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
Who even cared about the minuses on his old conduct grades by now?
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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