as in approximately
close to but not exactly
I have plus or minus five dollars in change
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Here, purchaser simply put money in, and got money back, plus or minus their investment return, and less fees and expenses.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
With only about 340 individuals — plus or minus seven — remaining, according to a report released in the fall by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, the whales are VIP visitors to the region's waters.
—Heather McCarron, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
For the third quarter, the company guided for revenue of $2 billion, plus or minus $150 million.
—Kathryn Hardison, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
—Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
With only about 340 individuals — plus or minus seven — remaining, according to a report released in the fall by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, the whales are VIP visitors to the region's waters.
—Heather McCarron, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
For the third quarter, the company guided for revenue of $2 billion, plus or minus $150 million.
—Kathryn Hardison, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
—Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
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Among the most notable changes are approximately $22 million in revenue that each program will share with athletes in the first year of the settlement, plus expanded scholarship limits in most sports.Matt Jones, arkansasonline.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Rolling Cash 5 Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 7:05 p.m. 06-07-09-16-36 Check Rolling Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
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Since there are about 10 million faceblind Americans, that adds up to about 2 million people living the nightmare of being unable to protect themselves from an effectively invisible menace.Sadie Dingfelder, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
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State transportation officials who want to expand Amtrak rail to Wisconsin's population centers of Madison, Green Bay, Waukesha County and other communities project the move could attract about 250,000 new passengers to the trains within a decade and an additional 1.6 million by 2050.Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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In most years, roughly 90% of ballots are counted by the Thursday after Election Day, but that number is harder to hit if voters procrastinate.Kale Williams, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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State significance The New England state typically leans blue and went for President Joe Biden in 2020 by 59,000 votes, or roughly 7%.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sobieski said the lines are longest the first thing in the morning, at lunch time and around 3 p.m.Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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As the camera pans around, an entire floor of the hotel hangs at an angle having collapsed into the level below.Joaquin Caballero, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Plus or minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plus%20or%20minus. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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