subtract

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To calculate it yourself, start with a financial report line item called cash from operations, and then fully subtract capex.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

This year, individuals can use the deduction to subtract $16,100 from their taxable income; for married couples, it’s $32,200.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

“Exports are projected to subtract from growth over the next two years.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Even with operational cash flows growing quickly in 2024 and 2025—some $102 billion in the last 12 months—cash flow is beginning to decline once you subtract capex.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Later, she would always subtract one year from her age, as if to say that her extra year at home hadn’t counted.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield