as in to deduct
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13 you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time
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Recent Examples of subtract
Average empty seats on each flight route was calculated by subtracting the difference in average seats per flight and average passengers per flight, the firm said.
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Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The next biggest revision came in 2019 when the BLS subtracted 501,000 jobs from its preliminary estimates.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The receiving Delilah subtracted the key from the incoming transmission, and then converted the resulting numbers to voltages to reproduce the original speech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
This refers to the set amount a person can subtract from their income to reduce how much of an income is taxed.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The next biggest revision came in 2019 when the BLS subtracted 501,000 jobs from its preliminary estimates.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The receiving Delilah subtracted the key from the incoming transmission, and then converted the resulting numbers to voltages to reproduce the original speech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
This refers to the set amount a person can subtract from their income to reduce how much of an income is taxed.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subtract
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“Subtract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtract. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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