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minus

adjective as in diminished

adjective as in on the negative side

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First comes the warning, that disembodied voice over the tannoy: "Your attention please. Air siren in the city. Please move to the shelter on the minus second floor."

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The group now expects operating profit to come in between 17 billion and 17.5 billion euros, up from its previous guidance of 16 billion euros, plus or minus 1 billion euros.

Of the firms the International Energy Agency studied, every segment of the Chinese solar supply chain suffered profit losses in every quarter last year, with margins reaching almost as low as minus 60%.

Fields finished with minus-10 net passing yards in an earlier loss.

They then took a week to drill down through the ice to get the two deepest core samples, with the temperature dropping to minus 18C at night.

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