subtraction
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Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, also decreased.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
But there is a further subtraction for Irmaa, if your income exceeds certain thresholds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
“Marketplace is undergoing a rationalization, addition by subtraction, as we reduce our exposure while the risk pool stabilizes,” Zubretsky said, according to a FactSet transcript.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
As I spent an embarrassing length of time trying to force my brain to perform subtraction, all I could think was that I wanted to flee the increasingly stuffy room.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
When you have an infinity in an expression, or when you divide by zero, all the mathematical operations—even those as simple as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—go out the window.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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