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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a gain of less" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where there is a minimal or insufficient increase, but it lacks clarity and proper context.
Example: "The project resulted in a gain of less than expected, leading to concerns about its viability."
Alternatives: "a minimal gain" or "an insufficient increase".
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(loanDepot notes, carefully, that industry experts are forecasting a gain of less than half of that).
The Dow closed the week with a gain of less than 1percentt.
For the week, the Dow was up 82.45, a gain of less than 1percentt.
The Nasdaq composite index eked out a gain of less than a point on the day, to 1,605.95.
The Dow Jones industrial average eked out a gain of less than four points, while other indexes closed slightly lower.
The city does not calculate an overall average because class sizes vary so much according to age; every increase was a gain of less than a single student.
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Mr. Allen resold it for $24.5 million, a gain of $6.5 million, less than five years later.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 7.24 points, or 0.6percentto to 1,172.51, a gain of slightly less than 1percentt for the week.
The antenna operated in the Ku band, with a central frequency of 12 GHz, a gain of no less than 17 dB, and the first lobe level was no higher than -16 dB.
For now, though, the buzz seems to have worn off, with the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index up only 2.6percentt in the first half and 1.3percentt in the second quarter, and the Dow Jones industrial average showing a slight loss of 0.2percentt for the first half, and a tiny gain of less than 0.1percentt for the quarter.
In 2005, after eight years of Labour and the Iraq war, the Tories made a net gain of less than 1% in the share of vote.
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