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Recent Examples of deduct The bill aims to reverse a measure added by Senate Republicans that would reduce the amount of losses gamblers can deduct from their taxes from 100 percent to 90 percent. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 Starting in 2026, gamblers will only be able to deduct 90% of their losses, versus 100% today. Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 July 2025 The bill permanently allows companies to immediately deduct domestic research and development costs. Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2025 This, as well as the tax cuts, allows high-income earners to deduct more taxes and keep more income. Terina Allen, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for deduct
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subtract
Verb
  • Allianz’s Global Boiling report warns that heatwaves alone could subtract 0.5 percentage points from Europe’s GDP in 2025, with Spain facing losses as high as 1.4%.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Then, that figure was subtracted from the difference between the two amounts to find the spending attributable just to tips.
    Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025

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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deduct. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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