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Examples of plus sign in a Sentence
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This wooden structure has nine rooms and is shaped like a plus sign.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Tap the button that looks like a silhouette with a plus sign near the top of the playlist.
—USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Tap the green plus sign Add button next to the Screen Recording option.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
How to get it: On an iPhone, add new widgets by long tapping on any empty space and selecting the plus sign in the top left corner.
—Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
For example, Sutherland noted that y2 = x3 – 11x + 6 has conductor 17, but flipping the minus sign to a plus sign, y2 = x3 + 11x + 6 has conductor 100,736.
—Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
Tap the plus sign at the bottom to create a new entry and start typing.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
The screen will dim, the Snipping toolbar will appear at the top of the screen and your cursor will become a plus sign.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
Further Reading Review: New Atari 2600+ doesn’t justify its plus sign
My Atari 400 story goes a little something like this.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near plus sign
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“Plus sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plus%20sign. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
plus sign
noun
: a sign + used especially in mathematics to indicate addition (as in 8 + 6 = 14) or a positive quantity (as in +10°)
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