as in approximately
close to but not exactly
I have plus or minus five dollars in change
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Recent Examples of plus or minus
For the third quarter, the company guided for revenue of $2 billion, plus or minus $150 million.
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Kathryn Hardison, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
The Post-ABC poll was conducted Jan. 27 through Feb. 1, 2023, among a random national sample of 1,003 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points among the full sample and a larger error margin among subgroups.
—Scott Clement, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
The Post-ABC poll was conducted Jan. 27 through Feb. 1, 2023, among a random national sample of 1,003 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points among the full sample and a larger error margin among subgroups.
—Scott Clement, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
The margin of error was plus or minus 3%, with a 95% confidence interval.
—Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
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Kathryn Hardison, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
The Post-ABC poll was conducted Jan. 27 through Feb. 1, 2023, among a random national sample of 1,003 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points among the full sample and a larger error margin among subgroups.
—Scott Clement, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
The Post-ABC poll was conducted Jan. 27 through Feb. 1, 2023, among a random national sample of 1,003 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points among the full sample and a larger error margin among subgroups.
—Scott Clement, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
The margin of error was plus or minus 3%, with a 95% confidence interval.
—Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plus or minus
Adverb
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The Chinese Communist Party has already been forced to evacuate approximately 1,600 Chinese nationals from Iran.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2025
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Iran has indiscriminately launched approximately 400 ballistic missiles at Israel, zeroing in on population centers in Tel Aviv and Haifa.—
Steven Katz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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The 21-year-old Tenafly native flew from Israel to the U.S., landing on Thursday, about one month after his May 12 release from captivity in Gaza.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
19 June 2025
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President Donald Trump’s trade war and recession fears have roiled markets and weighed on the dollar, which is down about 9% this year.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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Clinics that deployed those tools saw denial rates drop by up to 45%, shaving a median nine days off accounts receivable cycles and preserving roughly $1.4 million in annual savings per 100-bed equivalent each year.—
Sally Ragab,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The project is expected to cost roughly $95 million, according to commission documents.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
Adverb
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Its chief executive, Elon Musk, has long outlined his vision of millions of self-driving Teslas shuttling around paying customers as the next phase of the company’s future.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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The size of the market was around $1.5 trillion in 2024, according to Morgan Stanley.—
Spriha Srivastava,Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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“Plus or minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plus%20or%20minus. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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