as in deducting
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13 you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time
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Recent Examples of subtracting
William also is understood to pay tax on his income, but only after subtracting household expenses, which were not specified in the latest report, People reported.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
But, Montreal was able to add Danault without subtracting anyone because the Canadiens had the cap space to do it.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
True productivity requires us to stop subtracting humans and start solving for the convergence of equity, economics, and engineering.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
For example, if a married couple makes $120,000, their taxable income could easily fall below $96,700 after subtracting the $31,500 standard deduction.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
Even after subtracting the weight of the pickup bed, you're still left with too little payload to so much as fill up the gas tank or carry a single passenger.
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
How CalFresh cuts will play out for families Under federal rules, SNAP benefits are calculated by subtracting 30% of a household’s net income from the maximum benefit for that household size.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
That hefty figure is also one of many variables, since virtually every buyer chooses to customize their Celestiq in some way, adding or subtracting from the final cost.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
To estimate your optimal heart rate zone for exercise, start by subtracting your age from 220 to get your maximum heart rate.
—Cyra-Lea Drummond, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
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This would include improvements to training programmes, public information campaigns to raise awareness of reckless driving, and tougher enforcement, including deducting points for more driving offences.—
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Their data for the average transaction prices — that's what a consumer pays after deducting all incentives and trade-in values — for new-vehicles show that those prices are not being driven down.—
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“Subtracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtracting. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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