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

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

It also incorporates more of people’s financial circumstances than common rules of thumb for equity allocation, such as the classic 60/40 division of stocks and bonds or subtracting your age from 100.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Start by subtracting your guaranteed income sources, such as your wife’s pension, from your projected expenses.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

“I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster