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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plus or minus
Adverb
  • So far, the MSS team has worked alongside its partners to install more than 87,000 Reef Stars with approximately 1.3 million corals attached.
    Cat Cardenas, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In addition to married women who have changed their name, there are approximately four million men whose names don’t match their birth certificates for a number of reasons.
    Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • And about as well as their last seven games of this regular season, too.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The scene is roughly the same in the game, though the show's version of Joel is more aggressive; Joel knocks Seth to the ground in the show, but only lightly pushes him in the game.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Even in families in which the parents earn roughly the same amount, mothers spend six hours more a week on caregiving and housework than fathers do.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Put up photos of nature, move your desk around, or paint a wall with chalkboard paint for ideating.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, politics is unpredictable, and his message could, in theory, have more resonance with Democratic primary voters this time around.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Plus or minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plus%20or%20minus. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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