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The cost of goods — minus food and energy — rose 0.7% in the 12 months ended in September.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Net worth is a measure of a household’s assets minus debts — reflecting the value of what they own, which has the potential to compound in value.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

"We started the season in a terrible way, we're at minus 50 percent in production," he said -- a month in from the start of the season.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 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

Bottom line: $7.02 worth of food acquired in seventy minutes of calling and driving, minus $2.80 for the phone calls—which ends up being equivalent to a wage of $3.63 an hour.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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

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

Mr. Ibis pushed his lower lip upward, then let his head bob from side to side, as if it were on a spring, weighing the pluses and minuses, seeing things from both points of view.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman