plus or minus

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for plus or minus
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Adverb
  • According to a 2024 Bank of America report, approximately 25% of households live paycheck to paycheck, which has forced retailers to go on the offensive.
    Atal Bansal, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Capstan Therapeutics previously raised approximately $340 million in venture funding from investors including RA Capital Management, Forbion, JJDC, and others.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • The group of fires is in an area that stretches about 3 miles alongside U.S. 85 from Titan Road to Kelly Court, Willie said.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 14 July 2025
  • Drake Baldwin, 24, could lead the Braves to weigh offers for Murphy, who’s owed about $50 million through 2028.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Adverb
  • Between 2018 and 2022 — a period during which Monzo’s customer base soared roughly tenfold to 5.8 million users — the watchdog found that Monzo did not obtain sufficient information about customers during the onboarding process, the FCA said in a statement.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
  • The trail’s path will roughly follow the South Fork Catawba River, a tributary that meets the larger Catawba River near the state line.
    Abby Pender, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2025
Adverb
  • The crash occurred at around 1 a.m. when a white Mercedes SUV was heading the wrong way on the southbound lanes of the highway near Okeechobee Road, FHP says.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
  • Earlier Monday, around 9:15 a.m., the weather service reported seeing heavy rainfall along the Rio Grande and in the southern Edwards Plateau, with radar estimating rainfall rates of up to 3 inches an hour.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025

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“Plus or minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plus%20or%20minus. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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