subtracted

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Abbott secretly subtracted a hidden value from measurements involving some of the experimental masses.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

“What is additive to the U.S.’s GDP, of course, may be subtracted from oil importers’ real GDP, all else equal.”

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

For starters, some 30,000 jobs were subtracted from the February employment report because of nurses’ strikes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The regime he imposed was draconian: He subtracted the labor that kept Pennsylvania’s inmates occupied during the day in their cells, as well as the opportunity they had for daily exercise.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover