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Index funds do not promise a specific return, other than that holders will do exactly as well as the index, minus an infinitesimal annual fee.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Ciena lifted sales guidance for the fiscal year to $6.3 billion, plus or minus $100 million.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The top panel in the chart below shows the index rising for several straight sessions, while the bottom panel shows the daily number of advancing stocks minus declining stocks staying negative over the same stretch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

In 1993, scientists discovered a mercury-based copper-oxide ceramic called Hg1223 that reached superconductivity at minus 140 degrees C, or 133 K. That material held the ambient-pressure record for more than 30 years.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

I looked like a clown minus the red nose.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes