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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
Net asset value was minus 9.1% from January through July of 2026, versus a 5% increase over the same stretch last year, according to Chua.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
This dishonesty spoils the story and replicates the Bundists’ ideological vanity, minus their heroism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Readers who might be unaware of this facility should imagine an amusement park minus the fun and whimsy.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 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
When minuses exceed pluses, up to $3,000 in losses can be deducted from taxable income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
So, as an introvert, what are the pluses and minuses there?
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 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
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