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The spending kept free cash flow negative for a second straight quarter, at minus $9.1 billion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Germany’s consumer-climate index, published Wednesday by the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions and GfK, fell to minus 30.8 in its forecast for November, from minus 30.6 in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The European Commission’s flash consumer-confidence indicator for the eurozone fell 1.1 points to minus 17.9 in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"We were at minus 10 when we started, but we don't want to spend time thinking about what has passed," said the former Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea star.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
A dog less than 1 year old gets minus 4 days.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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Watch personal-tech columnist Nicole Nguyen review the pluses and minuses of all the new hot wearable fitness trackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
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
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