as in deduction
the act or an instance of taking away from a total
the restaurant may not have raised the price, but there's definitely been a subtraction in the number of fries in a side order
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Recent Examples of subtraction
Vancouver’s back end has looked far more mobile and competent moving the puck since the arrival of Marcus Pettersson, the subtraction of Vincent Desharnais and the call-up of defenceman Elias Pettersson.
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Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The spring transfer portal opened Wednesday and there will certainly be additions and subtractions to this Miami roster when everything is said and done.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
This can be achieved via addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
The team also lost D.J. Reed, an important starting cornerback, amounting to even more negative subtractions to their overall numbers.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The spring transfer portal opened Wednesday and there will certainly be additions and subtractions to this Miami roster when everything is said and done.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
This can be achieved via addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
The team also lost D.J. Reed, an important starting cornerback, amounting to even more negative subtractions to their overall numbers.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subtraction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtraction
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Although the worldwide disclosure is technically required only if the estate claims deductions or treaty benefits, omitting the information can possibly cause the return to be treated as incomplete.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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State and local tax deduction Among the provisions that spurred extensive debate in the House was one allowing residents to deduct more in state and local taxes on their federal returns, known as SALT.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
2 June 2025
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The answer lies in reframing identity governance as a foundational layer for risk reduction.—
Leslie Milne,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Largely confirming what other economic models have predicted, the Congressional Budget Office's estimations show that the tradeoff for a $2.8 trillion deficit reduction over 10 years would be an overall reduction in household wealth.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 June 2025
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“Subtraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtraction. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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