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  • noun Plural form of plus.

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Examples

  • Rob Lineberger at DVD Verdict echoes these sentiments, stating without ambiguity that "Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist is a great film," before going on quickly to modify that statement: "Like great novels or great works of music, The Conformist's greatness brings with it certain plusses and minuses.

    GreenCine Daily: DVDs, 12/17. 2006

  • But they really believe his minuses outweigh his plusses, which is why I think he's a goner. so this gives Jerry Jones a perfect opportunity to bring in the right people and show Romo how to lead.

    Blogging The Boys 2009

  • "His plusses are his command and his angle through his pitches," Wakamatsu said of Fister.

    HeraldNet.com LOCAL NEWS 2009

  • In the "plusses" column, the club's neighborhood is practically empty at night so when thousands of people are hanging out in the club's alley, all full of voice and smoking their entire faces off like they were doing last thursday night, they'll suffer no noise complaints or drop-ins by MPD.

    unknown title Writing Class 2008

  • ah, one of the "plusses" of global warming! in addition to the resulting famines, the higher temperatures will create a whole plethora of hot trim scantily glad girls with guns.

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2006

  • credit score is one of the most important "plusses" that you can have as you apply for a mortgage to buy a house.

    Zillow Blog - Real Estate Market Stats, Celebrity Real Estate, and Zillow News 2010

  • Kung Fu Panda 2 not only carries forward the first film's inspiration, but plusses it in ways that that stun and delight.

    Dan Persons: The Sublime Syncretism of Kung Fu Panda 2 Dan Persons 2011

  • Where KFP2 plusses the Chan approach is in its ability to use computer-generated animation to its fullest.

    Dan Persons: The Sublime Syncretism of Kung Fu Panda 2 Dan Persons 2011

  • Where KFP2 plusses the Chan approach is in its ability to use computer-generated animation to its fullest.

    Dan Persons: The Sublime Syncretism of Kung Fu Panda 2 Dan Persons 2011

  • Happily, the answer is that Kung Fu Panda 2 not only carries forward the first film's inspiration, but plusses it in ways that that stun and delight.

    Dan Persons: The Sublime Syncretism of Kung Fu Panda 2 Dan Persons 2011

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