plus or minus
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Synonyms & Antonyms for plus or minus
Synonyms: Adverb
about, approximately, around, like, more or less, much, near, roughly, say, some
Antonyms: Adverb
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Adverb
I have plus or minus five dollars in change.Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
The poll gave a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. — Jari Tanner, The Seattle Times, "Finns to vote on how best to save their welfare state," 12 Apr. 2019 The Monmouth University poll surveyed 604 New Jersey adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, "Sen. Booker’s Presidential Run Leaves New Jersey Lukewarm, Poll Says," 14 Feb. 2019 The margin of error for the full sample was plus or minus 3.27 percentage points. — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, "Americans Show Growing Support for Climate-Change Policies, Poll Says," 17 Dec. 2018 The margin of error is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. — Lauran Neergaard, The Seattle Times, "AP-NORC Poll: Many caregivers neglecting their own health," 15 Oct. 2018 The margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points. — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, "Sun/UB Poll: Brochin, McDonough have leads in Baltimore County executive primaries," 12 June 2018 The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. — John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, "Newsom, John Cox top new California governor’s poll: Villaraigosa in trouble," 31 May 2018 The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. — Angela Hart, sacbee, "Republicans surge past Villaraigosa in California governor's race, poll says," 10 May 2018 The margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. — Jessie Balmert, USA TODAY, "Ohio primary: The wacky, bitter battle to replace Gov. John Kasich," 6 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'plus or minus.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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