"plus factor" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Johan Rabe, Equality, Affirmative Action and Justice, page 143",
          "text": "Race may therefore not be the only determining factor in the allocation, but race may be considered as a plus factor that may be taken into account.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, volume 28, page 225",
          "text": "Three white women challenged the admissions system, which gave applicants “plus factors” or \"points\" for being non-white […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Anderson C. Williams, A Concise Summary of Human Resource Management",
          "text": "These plans can take many forms including outreach, special training programs, race or gender as plus factors, and goals and timetables.",
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        "Any trait of a person, such as their race, that may give them an advantage under affirmative action."
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        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
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          "affirmative action",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, law) Any trait of a person, such as their race, that may give them an advantage under affirmative action."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "sex-plus"
        }
      ],
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        "US"
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      "topics": [
        "law"
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  "word": "plus factor"
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "plus factor (plural plus factors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sex-plus"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Johan Rabe, Equality, Affirmative Action and Justice, page 143",
          "text": "Race may therefore not be the only determining factor in the allocation, but race may be considered as a plus factor that may be taken into account.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, volume 28, page 225",
          "text": "Three white women challenged the admissions system, which gave applicants “plus factors” or \"points\" for being non-white […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Anderson C. Williams, A Concise Summary of Human Resource Management",
          "text": "These plans can take many forms including outreach, special training programs, race or gender as plus factors, and goals and timetables.",
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        "Any trait of a person, such as their race, that may give them an advantage under affirmative action."
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        "(US, law) Any trait of a person, such as their race, that may give them an advantage under affirmative action."
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