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The turnaround was fueled by a climb in wage gains, plus the first monthly decrease in inflation rates since May 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
On the plus side, it’s a hooky blues-rock number with rhythmic drive, which is a formula the Rolling Stones perfected roughly 60 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
If Spain take the ball off France and stop their counters - plus if they are more efficient than they have been - they have a very good chance of making it to the final.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Lujo converted from the infield to center field at Georgia and has plus speed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
His siblings had studied enough Latin to know what incognito meant: it was simply in, which means “not,” plus cognitus, which means “to know.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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
There are the pluses from capital gains and there are the minuses from capital losses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 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
"The plusses outweigh the minuses," Maguire told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
As with the previous downward trend, there are plusses and minuses, namely higher production values per episode at the cost of time spent with the characters.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2022
But the plusses are not enough to merit the support of Dennis McFadden, a Los Angeles architect and a member of UC Santa Barbara’s design review committee for more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
It was a bold and controversial decision that reflected optimism about doing business in China, as well as a willingness to weigh plusses and minuses.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2021
We'll be discussing each of the formatting decisions below, not only giving the summary PG answer, but also discussing the plusses and minuses of each, and the possible options.
From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim
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