subtract
Example Sentences
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But since some domestic spending is on imported products, rather than things made in the U.S., imports are subtracted from total spending to arrive at GDP estimates.
Yet, again, his goal is not to provide numbers to be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, but to shower his audience with numbers big enough to make their eyes glaze over.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time, more types of companies are adding jobs rather than subtracting them.
From Los Angeles Times
Crude futures posted back-to-back losses and ended the week lower as persistent concerns about oversupply weighed and efforts toward a Russia-Ukraine peace deal subtracted geopolitical premium.
Armistice’s healthcare positions subtracted about 14% from the fund’s returns in the first half of 2025, according to a Sept. 4 letter to investors.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
