subtracted
Example Sentences
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And about $1 billion of any sale would be subtracted to cover the Dodgers’ future commitments on deferred contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The first measurement is subtracted from the second.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Net exports subtracted a point from GDP, which is a statistical wash since imports flow into consumer spending and investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Piper Sandler’s analysts estimated that rising earnings contributed about 18.5 percentage points to that return, while a shrinking price-to-earnings multiple subtracted nearly 8 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
When you added them all up and then subtracted, you might be left with only the children, and perhaps with Albert Einstein and an old violinist or sculptor somewhere.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
