How to Use deduction in a Sentence

deduction

noun

• What is your pay after the deductions have been taken out?
• Our deduction was based on the information given to us at the time.
• His guess was based on intuition rather than deduction.
• It was a logical deduction.
• The government is offering new tax deductions for small businesses.
• So why did Biles earn the deduction in the first place?
  — Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
• That means a 20-mile trip to meet a client might score a deduction of about $12 this tax year.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2022
• Even without the deductions for his falls, Richard’s score would have been just the ninth best.
  — Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• This tax must be paid to the centre within 30 days of the end of the month during which the deduction was made.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 24 June 2022
• Investors in these funds can claim a tax deduction for the year in which a deposit to the fund was made.
  — Dan Weil, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• Why must the women, since a lack of music counts as a deduction?
  — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
• Add a few cats and dogs such as an increase in the size of the state-and-local tax deduction, and, voila, $5.5 trillion.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 July 2021
• If anyone breaks the rules, deductions come out of the group's prize money total.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 July 2023
• Through the power of deduction, Andrew S. is going on the one-on-one date.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 7 July 2021
• One item that keeps coming up is the state and local tax deduction cap.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Her legs briefly came apart early in the vault, causing a small deduction.
  — Maggie Astor, New York Times, 30 July 2024
• Businesses would also be able to take part of the deduction in one year and save the rest for future years.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
• Look for your take home pay after taxes and deductions for things like a 401(k).
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
• According to Henry, both Ford and the union agreed that Green was owed her deductions.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
• To itemize, your deductions would need to be higher than that amount.
  — Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
• And any amount over the 30% threshold is a carryover deduction for five years.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2022
• This is also when the Indonesians learned about a range of salary deductions.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• Not a new tax credit for this, an extra deduction for that.
  — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
• That would come possibly in the form of raising the standard deduction on the state income tax.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2021
• The values of the deductions correspond to the severity of the error.
  — Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
• With no badge and no papers, Touré uses his gifts of wit and deduction to become the best detective in the city.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
• The level of the standard deduction matters to more and more taxpayers.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• The region of Navarre offers a 35% tax deduction for a minimum one week shoot in the region.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 13 Sep. 2021
• Many times the mileage deduction is key for those who are running their own businesses.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2023
• Living in a multigenerational household could spell tax breaks or deductions for caregiving or number of dependents.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025