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Comeens said another plus is the students are motivated to begin the next novel, which will be John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."

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  1. conjunction Mathematics Increased by the addition of: Two plus two is four.
  2. conjunction Added to; along with: Their strength plus their spirit makes them formidable. Intelligence plus wit makes for an interesting person.
  3. conjunction Usage Problem And: "[He] is a committed man, plus he has imagination, vitality and national stature” (Merv Griffin).
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  • Another plus will be a reduction in vehicle emissions that are environmentally harmful, —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • His bat isn't just plus, it's been plus-plus, and at every level. —  Brewerfan.net Daily Brew
  • Another plus is a new health club will be among future tenants. —  Local Headlines - NewsChannel 8
  • When I can't have those healthy and fresh products, I use juice plus vitamin, and juice nsa plus is a way to get it. —  Diets, Juice Plus+, Weight Loss, Health
  • Another plus is the system's ability to network the EAS signal over Ethernet, enabling digital satellite receivers in New Mexico to send the EAS signal back to consolidated master control in Lubbock. backup in case of master control failure.
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  1. Latin plūs, more; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin plus (plur-), more, plural plures, Old Latin pleores, more, several, the majority (comparative of multus, much), = Greek, πλείων, πλέων, plural πλείονες, more, comparative of πολύς, many (= English feel); cf. πλέως, full, L.plenus, full: see plenty.
 

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