deduction
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This year, the company raised the biweekly payroll deduction for a single worker to $50, from $40.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sheffield United is financially healthy, unlike under Prince Abdullah when the club incurred a points deduction for missing payments to football creditors.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s after-tax dollars going in the account, and there’s no tax deduction.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
When in the calendar year you take your qualified charitable deduction matters.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
His discovery was a triumph of scientific deduction, for the neutron, which gives deuterium its additional weight, was not discovered until many months after he identified the isotope itself.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Chelsea's recent punishment for breaching rules relating to payments to agents was not comparable to points deductions for Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Their itemized deductions in the funding year is significantly higher than the standard deduction, so much so that it pushes out of the 22% bracket and into the 12%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Non-itemizers can now claim a new $2,000 charitable deduction each year over five years, that’s $10,000 in deductions, worth roughly $2,200.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s not just work, though, where these deductions are made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Thus far, as I hope you agree, I have shown you reasonably firm sources of fact for my deductions as to what Voldemort did until the age of seventeen?”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing deduction
Argumentative Writing
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Lead the Way: Duc and Duct
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Argumentative Writing, List 2
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