subtracting

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The net score is created by taking the total number of VAR interventions in a club's favour, and subtracting those that have gone against them.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The numbers come from very different sources: ADP’s data draws on the company’s internal figures on how many roles its huge pool of business customers are adding or subtracting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This is a non-GAAP metric that adds depreciation and amortization back to earnings, while subtracting gains from the sale of property.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Excluding the AI categories, fixed investment was down 10%, subtracting a percentage point from GDP growth, and adding to the negative effect of the shutdown.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

First Momma started writing in a notebook and adding things up and subtracting things, then Dad and Joey and Rufus and me started driving all over Flint buying things for the Brown Bomber.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis