1
as in reduction
something that is or may be subtracted
contestants get a deduction from their scores for every incorrect guess
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2
as in subtraction
the act or an instance of taking away from a total
the deduction of the amount awarded to the plaintiff in order to pay the legal fees
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3
as in inference
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
his impressive deduction of the correct answer from only a few hints
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Recent Examples of deduction
The investors certainly don’t get any deductions directly attributable to the film (such as section 181 deductions).
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Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The McGhee proposal would double that deduction, meaning a county vendor would receive only 96 cents for every dollar Miami-Dade owes the contractor.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Also, starting in 2026, a brand-new above-the-line deduction allows non-itemizers to deduct up to $1,000 in charitable gifts ($2,000 if married filing jointly).
—Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2025
Since 1979, all state leases with oil and gas companies prohibit deductions.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The McGhee proposal would double that deduction, meaning a county vendor would receive only 96 cents for every dollar Miami-Dade owes the contractor.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Also, starting in 2026, a brand-new above-the-line deduction allows non-itemizers to deduct up to $1,000 in charitable gifts ($2,000 if married filing jointly).
—Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2025
Since 1979, all state leases with oil and gas companies prohibit deductions.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deduction
Noun
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Most of the more than 200 HIV cases in the region are connected to Mass and Cass drug injection, Ojikutu said, adding that the number would be higher without the city’s harm reduction approach.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Everything has fallen into place this offseason as the Nuggets prepare to hold their media day on Monday, starting with the subtractions.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Sep. 2025
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Now, last minute additions (and subtractions), especially with really large yachts like MAR are pretty common at this stage before the show.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Oracle began delivering Nvidia hardware to that site in June, and OpenAI has already begun training (building new models) and inference (running ChatGPT) using the data center.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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Dynamo is an open-source inference framework for planning and routing AI workloads in the data center, essentially an data center workload orchestrator.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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There’s no word on when these outlet discounts end, so snap up your favorites while prices are as low as $2.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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This is a 50% discount compared to the full price of Amazon Prime.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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And then, through some combination of luck, good sense and determination, things began to look up.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Seeing Gaza in ruins has redoubled my determination to do two things.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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Slowly, as the curtain lifts on the institution’s insane practices and the complicity of the town at large, the narrative reaches a wild conclusion that defies expectation.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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That is one of the key conclusions of the StepIn 2025 Report published Thursday by Locarno Pro, the Locarno Film Festival‘s industry program.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Deduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deduction. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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