subtract
Example Sentences
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The Power Four — the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 and ACC — plus the Big East comprise 79 schools and continue to add rather than subtract.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
If the approach involves raising corporate taxes, whatever the merits, it would subtract from earnings more directly.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Giving the carry to the trust thus won’t subtract much from the person’s lifetime gift-tax exemption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
If a company spends $50 billion this year to build and fill hyperscale AI data centers, it doesn’t subtract that money from earnings right away.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
And then he tells us how many people get on and off and we have to add and subtract the numbers in our head.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Vocabulary lists containing subtract
Number and Operations: Fractions
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Measurement and Data
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