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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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
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The tragedy prompted school officials to reimagine what threat prevention looks like in the approximately 6,500-student district.—
Jackie Valley,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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All four crash victims were from Menominee, Wisconsin, about 45 miles northwest of Green Bay, according to the State Police.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The showdown is the most significant legal challenge brought against Meta in the company's roughly 20-year history.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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And yet, to take just one example, roughly fifty per cent of Latinos under the age of forty voted for him.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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This time around, agencies that oversee youth development programs, job training and services for senior citizens among the most vulnerable.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Curry Curry had the top-selling jersey last year, but came in at number two this time around.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Plus or minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plus%20or%20minus. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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