Want to use Minus correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like negative or plus.

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Minus in a sentence

Minus | Minuscule | Minuses | Minusma | Minusca | Minu | Minuscal | Minustah

Minus meaning

  1. Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).
  2. Without; deprived of.

Synonyms of Minus

negative plus disadvantageous harmful subtraction arithmetic operation

Example sentences (20)

Also, Director Marilyn Minus sold 700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 22nd.

Both aircraft are capable of unlimited aerobatics; roll rates in excess of 420 degrees per second and plus/minus 10G.

Drag and drop the icons into your preferred order, or tap the red minus button to remove the option altogether.

And Osman being third in the NBA last season in total plus-minus among bench contributors in the regular season, per NBA.

Gursimran Kalra, Co-Founder, Minus Zero said, “Our concepts are a new revolution in the automotive industry.

Clifton, meanwhile, had a disastrous minus-3 Game 6 after he had sat out the previous three games….

After the celebration, SprayMint transfers the total amount sprayed to the celebrants’ accounts, minus their reasonable commissions.

After three seasons of being a minus, he’s at plus-9 on a team in top spot in its conference after the weekend – another career first.

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According to Statcast, Anderson has prevented minus two runs on the season and has minus three above-average outs.

Kokernag town saw the mercury rise to minus 2.9 degrees Celsius as compared to yesterday’s minus 3.4 degrees Celsius.

Those temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees (red) Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 degrees Celsius).

Darius Garland was the plus-minus star, slinging 11 assists and finishing +39 for the night.

Godzilla Minus One 2 would break an unusual recent trend for the Toho side of the franchise.

Low temperatures were in the minus 30s in northern Minnesota and minus 20s in the southeast part of the state.

The Comets finished with minus-30 yards rushing, including minus-16 that was credited on a dropped punt snap.

Gauthier has six goals and three assists with a minus-5 rating over 40 games this season.

Srinagar city recorded minus 7.3 degrees celsius, and Pahalgam minus 8 as the minimum temperature on Friday.

Sperm is stored in nitrogen tanks at minus 196 C (minus 320 F) and is ready to be shipped to European zoos.

Overnight temperatures will fall back towards the minus thirty mark, with wind chills pushing into the minus forties again.

To represent a negative offset, ISO 8601 specifies using either a hyphen minus or a minus sign character.

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Common combinations with minus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • minus degrees 32×
  • minus the 27×
  • and minus 19×
  • to minus 18×
  • minus in 17×
  • or minus 11×
  • of minus 10×
  • as minus 10×
  • minus to
  • the minus

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "minus" in a sentence?
An example: "Also, Director Marilyn Minus sold 700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 22nd." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "minus" from real English texts.
What does "minus" mean?
Minus means: Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).
What are synonyms of "minus"?
Common synonyms of "minus" include: negative, plus, disadvantageous, harmful, subtraction, arithmetic operation.
How many example sentences with "minus" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "minus", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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