subtract

Example Sentences

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If the approach involves raising corporate taxes, whatever the merits, it would subtract from earnings more directly.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The tariffs are expected to subtract $3 trillion from the deficit over 10 years, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office estimate.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Banks use asset-depletion underwriting for retirees: They total your liquid assets, subtract your down-payment and closing costs, divide by 360 months, and add that to your monthly income.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

True reasoning convinced me that I should wholly subtract all remnants of every kind of form if I wished to conceive the absolutely formless.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife